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Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

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Book of the Week: The Hungry Empire

Melody Grove

Lizzie Collingham

Sian Preece

Eilidh McCreadie

Book of the Week: The Hungry Empire: Episode 2: Salt Beef Succotash in New England

Salt Cod on the Mary Rose

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Episode 2: Salt Beef Succotash in New England

The Hungry Empire

Salt Beef Succotash in New England

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, The Hungry Empire, Salt Beef Succotash in New England

The Puritan settlers struggle to recreate the ideal English diet in new surroundings.

The Puritan settlers struggle to recreate the perfect English diet in their new surroundings. Read by Melody Grove. Abridged by Sian Preece.

This culinary journey through history examines how the growing Empire allowed Britain to harness the globe's edible resources; from cod fish and salt beef to sugar, spices and opium. Historian Lizzie Collingham brings a fresh perspective to the making of the realm, uncovering its decisive role in the shaping of the modern diet and revealing how almost every meal we eat still contains a taste of empire.

There are compromises to be made as the Puritan settlers struggle to recreate the perfect English diet in their New England colonial farmsteads.

Written by Lizzie Collingham
Read by Melody Grove
Abridged by Siân Preece
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

By Lizzie Collingham. A culinary journey through history. Read by Melody Grove.

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