Food: A British History, 1800-1914

Peter Atkins is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Durham. His principal interest over several decades has been food history, with particular reference to perishable foodstuffs, and the geography of food generally.

• Volume IV: Food and CultureGeneral IntroductionTimelineVolume IV IntroductionPart 1: Eating In and Eating Out1.1 Domestic Spaces for Food: The Dining Room1. I.J. KENT, THE DWELLING-ROOMS OF A HOUSE, Architectural Magazine, 2 (1835), pp. 228-332. FRUIT AND FLOWER STANDS FOR A TABLE DECORATION, CASSELL’S HOUSEHOLD GUIDE, BEING A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL ECONOMY, (London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1869), vol. 2, 279-803. ANON., THE DINING-ROOM, Bow Bells (21 September, 1876), p. 2714. MARTHA JANE LOFTIE, THE DINING-ROOM, (London: Macmillan, 1878), pp. 23-415. ANON. (1894) FURNISHING THE DINING-ROOM, Bow Bells (12 October, 1894), p. 3806. GERTRUDE COLMORE, FAMILY BUDGETS: EIGHT HUNDRED A YEAR, Cornhill Magazine 10 (1901), 790-8001.2 Food and Etiquette#7. ASTEIOS, THE SCIENCE OF ETIQUETTE, Glasgow: Reid, 1836), pp. 74-818. ANON., DINNER CEREMONIAL, Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal (17 September, 1836), pp. 271-29. ANON., ETIQUETTE – DINNER PARTIES, ETC., The London Reader (8 February 1879), pp. 351-521.3 Eating Out, Including Picnics10. TABITHA TICKLETOOTH (PSEUD. OF CHARLES SELBY), THE DINNER QUESTION: OR, HOW TO DINE WELL AND ECONOMICALLY, (London: Routledge, 1860), vol. 3, pp. 139-5611. ANON., OPEN-AIR PARTIES, PICNICS, ETC., CASSELL’S HOUSEHOLD GUIDE: BEING A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL ECONOMY, (London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin 1884), volume 4, pp. 255-5612. ROBERT TRESSELL (PSEUD. OF ROBERT NOONAN) THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS, (London: Grant Richards 1914), pp. 27, 312-1513. GEORGE ROBERT SIMS, MY LIFE: SIXTY YEARS’ RECOLLECTIONS OF BOHEMIAN LONDON, (London: Eveleigh Nash 1917), p. 94Part 2. Catering and Chefs2.1 Chefs14. ALEXIS SOYER, THE MODERN HOUSEWIFE OR MÉNAGÈRE, (London: Simpkin Marshall 1849), pp. 2-315. ANON., ALEXIS SOYER, The Leisure Hour (14 April, 1859), pp. 236-372.2 Catering16. ANON., LONDON EATING-HOUSES, Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal (24 June 1837), pp. 173-7417. [EDWARD CHAPMAN AND WILLIAM HALL], LONDON AT TABLE: OR, HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE TO DINE AND ORDER A DINNER; AND WHERE TO AVOID DINING, (London: Chapman and Hall 1851), pp. 7-818. ANON., A REAL ‘RESTAURANT’ IN LONDON, Leader and Saturday Analyst 7 May 1853, p. 44319. CHARLES DICKENS, REFRESHMENTS FOR TRAVELLERS, IN IDEM., THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER, (London: Chapman & Hall 1861), pp. 76-8820. ANON., LONDON RESTAURANTS, Spectator (30 September 1871), pp. 1176-7721. T. HANKEY, LONDON DINNERS, Macmillan’s Magazine (March 1872), pp. 370-7522. J.E. PANTON, FROM KITCHEN TO GARRET: HINTS FOR YOUNG HOUSEHOLDERS, (London: Ward & Downey 1893), pp. 43-4423. ANON., DINNER-TABLES, CORNHILL MAGAZINE, (May 1890), pp. 478-8324. N. NEWNHAM-DAVIS, DINNERS AND DINERS: WHERE AND HOW TO DINE IN LONDON, (London: Grant Richards 1899), pp. 9-1425. J.C. WOOLLAN, [SIC], TABLE LAND IN LONDON, IN SIMS, G.R. (ED.) LIVING LONDON, VOL. 1, (London: Cassell 1902), pp. 297-303Part 3: Street Food and Take-Away Meals, Including Fish and Chips26. CHARLES MANBY SMITH, WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE PIEMAN? IN IDEM., CURIOSITIES OF LONDON LIFE, (London: Cash 1853), pp. 200-0927. WATTS PHILLIPS, The Wild Tribes of London, (London: Ward and Lock 1855), pp. 66-6828. W. ROGERS, ON THE TRADE, HABITS, AND EDUCATION OF THE STREET HAWKERS OF LONDON, Journal of the Society of Arts (April 1857), pp. 298-30429. G.A SALA, GASLIGHT AND DAYLIGHT; AND TWICE AROUND THE CLOCK (London: Chapman and Hall 1859, p. 5; and London: Houlston and Wright 1859), pp. 139-142.30. HENRY MAYHEW, LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR, VOL. 1: THE LONDON STREET FOLK, (London: Griffin Bohn 1861), pp. 120-3031. J. GREENWOOD, FOOD COMMITTEE, JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, (December 1867), pp. 91-9532. J. GREENWOOD, UNSENTIMENTAL JOURNEYS; OR BYWAYS OF THE MODERN BABYLON, (London, Ward, Lock & Tyler 1867), pp. 8-1633. ANON., STREET COOKERY, The Morning Post (26 November 1872), p. 634. J. GREENWOOD, THE WILDS OF LONDON, (London: Chatto and Windus 1874), pp. 327-2835. THOMSON, J. AND SMITH, A., STREET LIFE IN LONDON, (London: Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1877), pp. 58-6036. G.R. GISSING, WORKERS IN THE DAWN, (London: Remington 1880), vol. 1, pp. 1-637. R. ROWE, LIFE IN THE LONDON STREETS: OR, STRUGGLES FOR DAILY BREAD, (London: Nimmo and Bain, 1881), pp. 260-71 38. FRANK T. BULLEN, CONFESSIONS OF A TRADESMAN, (London: Hodder and Stoughton 1908), pp. 40-4139. G.R. SIMS, LONDON’S LIGHT REFRESHMENTS, IN IDEM, LIVING LONDON, (London: Cassell 1903), vol. 3, pp, 49-56Part 4: The Dinner Party40. ANON., HOME DINNERS, All the Year Round (27 February 1864), pp. 63-6741. ANON., A MOST RELUCTANT DINER-OUT, ON THE ART OF DINNER-GIVING, Cornhill Magazine (May 1869), pp. 555-6742. ANON., ETIQUETTE OF VISITING, CASSELL’S HOUSEHOLD GUIDE, BEING A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL ECONOMY, (London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1869), vol. 3, 110-11, 211-1243. ANON, DINNER PARTIES, CASSELL’S HOUSEHOLD GUIDE, BEING A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL ECONOMY, (London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1869), vol. 3, pp. 243-44, 262-63, 273-7544. WILLIAM WHITELEY’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE & PRICE LIST COMPRISING EVERY ARTICLE NECESSARY FOR COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHING, INCLUDING ALSO BUILDING, REPAIRING AND DECORATING, [c.1885], pp. 205-02, 210, 212-13, 227, 234-35, 270-72, 27845. ANON., FASHIONABLE DINNER PARTIES, Daily News (10 April 1894), p. 646. ANON., THE FUTURE OF DINNER-PARTIES, Spectator (14 April 1894), pp. 500-01Part 5: Food, Ethics and Morality5.1 Cannibalism47. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT, THE ANDOVER UNION: HORRIBLE DISCLOSURES, The Times (13 August 1845), p.748. A HAMPSHIRE MAN, LETTER TO THE EDITOR: THE ANDOVER CANNIBALISM, The Times (20 August 1845), p.549. REGINA v DUDLEY AND STEPHENS, [1881-85] All England Law Reports Reprint 615.2 Taboo50. A.S. BICKNELL, HIPPOPHAGY: THE HORSE AS FOOD FOR MAN, Journal of the Society of Arts 27 March, 34951. ANON., HORSEFLESH IN LONDON SAUSAGES, Lancet ii (1881), 98852. LEES KNOWLES, HORSEFLESH, Nineteenth Century (April 1890), 592-6075.3 Vegetarianism53. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, A VINDICATION OF NATURAL DIET, (London: Callow 1813)54. FRANCIS NEWMAN, VEGETARIANISM, Fraser’s Magazine (February 1875) pp. 156-7255. EDITORIAL, THE TIMES, (15 December 1883), p. 956. HENRY SALT, A PLEA FOR VEGETARIANISM AND OTHER ESSAYS, (Manchester: Vegetarian Society 1886), pp. 7-2057. HENRY S. SALT, FOOD REFORM, Westminster Review (October 1886), pp. 483-9958. W. PAGET, VEGETABLE DIET, Nineteenth Century (April 1892) pp. 577-58559. THOMAS RICHARD ALLINSON, BROWN BREAD, IN IDEM., MEDICAL ESSAYS, (London, Pitman, 1887), Volume 1, pp. 32-3460. H. THOMPSON, (1898) WHY ‘VEGETARIAN’?, The Nineteenth Century 43, 254, 556-6961. CHARLES WALTER FORWARD, FIFTY YEARS OF FOOD REFORM: A HISTORY OF THE VEGETARIAN MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND. (London: Ideal 1898), pp. 22-29, 75Part 6. Feasts and Fasting6.1 Feasts, Banquets, Exhibitions62. ANON., THE COOK OF PRINCES AND THE PRINCE OF COOKS, ALBION, (7 June 1851), p. 26663. J. LINDLEY, ON SUBSTANCES USED AS FOOD, ILLUSTRATED BY THE GREAT EXHIBITION, IN, LECTURES ON THE RESULTS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION, (London 1852, Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), pp. 211-4264. J. SCHWEPPE & CO, RETURN SHOWING THE QUANTITY OF PROVISIONS OF EACH KIND REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN CONSUMED IN THE REFRESHMENT COURTS DURING THE WHOLE TIME OF THE EXHIBITION, IN FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851., B.P.P. 1852 (C. 1485), xxxii.i [image 1]65. F. VOLANT AND J.R. WARREN, (EDS) MEMOIRS OF ALEXIS SOYER, (London, Kent, 1859), pp. 203-23666. ANON., THE COBDEN BANQUET, Daily News (9 April 1849), p. 667. ANON., VEGETARIAN BANQUET AT LEEDS, The Times (26 July 1854), p. 968. ANON., A STATE DINNER, Cornhill Magazine (July 1861), pp. 73-7469. P.L.H., THE LORD MAYOR’S DINNER, 1871, Food Journal (March 1872), pp. 58-5970. GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA, A BANQUET AT FISHMONGERS’ HALL, in Idem., London Up to Date (London: Black 1894), pp. 25-3671. NEWNHAM-DAVIS, LT-COL., A REGIMENTAL DINNER (HOTEL VICTORIA, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, LONDON), in Idem., Dinners and diners (London: Grant Richards 1899), pp. 149-556.2 Tea and coffee shops72. [JOHN FELTHAM], THE PICTURE OF LONDON FOR 1804, (London: Phillips, 1804), pp. 369-7073. G.R. PORTER, THE PROGRESS OF THE NATION, (London: Murray 1851), pp. 679-8074. ANON., MR JOSEPH MILNE, ‘THE MIKADO’ TEA-ROOMS, The Wasp: the Dundee Flagellator (March 1898), p. 17875. ANON., TEA ROOMS DE LUXE: ARTISTIC ADDITION TO GLASGOW’S RESTAURANTS, Daily Record and Mail 29 October, 1903), p. 36.3. Fasting76. ANON., EXTRAORDINARY ABSTINENCE, The Leisure Hour (18 December 1869), p. 80777. W. GULL, ANOREXIA NERVOSA: APEPSIA HYSTERICA, ANOREXIA HYSTERICA, Transactions of the Clinical Society of London 7 (1874), 22-286.4 Food and Identity78. B. DISRAELI, SYBIL; OR, THE TWO NATIONS, (London, Colburn, 1845)79. ERNEST E. WILLIAMS, OUR CHRISTMAS PLUM-PUDDINGS, Windsor Magazine (December 1897), pp. 64-6880. ANON., GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD: THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS COUNTRY’S FOOD, Review of Reviews (October 1912), pp. 407-1881. HENRY MAYHEW, HOW THE STREET-IRISH DISPLANTED THE STREET-JEWS IN THE ORANGE TRADE, in Idem., London Labour and the London Poor (London: Author, 1851), pp. 106-0782. ROYAL COMMISSION ON ALIEN IMMIGRATION, MINUTES OF EVIDENCE, B.P.P. 1903 (Cd. 1742) ix.659 [image 727], Q.17,900.ReferencesIndex