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Spicing Up Britain: How Eating Out Went Exotic - Timeshift

Rebecca Front

David Leach

William Naylor

Timeshift: Series 14: Episode 6: Spicing Up Britain: How Eating Out Went Exotic

Spicing Up Britain: How Eating Out Went Exotic

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Episode 6: Spicing Up Britain: How Eating Out Went Exotic

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BBC Four - Timeshift, Series 14, Spicing Up Britain: How Eating Out Went Exotic

Postwar Britain became a nation of food adventurers thanks to migrants opening eateries.

How postwar Britain went from a place where eating out was more of a chore than a pleasure to a nation of food adventurers, thanks to generations of migrants opening eateries.

Timeshift looks at how postwar Britain went from a place where eating out was more of a chore than a pleasure to a nation of food adventurers, now spending up to a third of our food budget on restaurant meals. It's the story of the British palate being slowly introduced to a range of what would then have been 'exotic' cuisines by successive generations of migrants opening eateries - first Italians, then Chinese and Indians. By encouraging us to try something new - be it spaghetti, stir fry or samosa - they spiced up not just our food but our high streets and our lives.

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