Description

Stotty 'n' Spice Cake brings
together regional recipes, dialect, social history and kitchen technology to
give us an insight into how kitchen skills, tools and diets have
developed. Bill Griffiths takes us on a journey through cooking history -
from the griddle on an open fire and the 'beehive' oven to the widely used,
much loved and polished kitchen range (th' yuven).

This
book describes the changing tastes - as well as changes in supplies of meat,
fish and grain over the years to include traditions such as the popularity of
oatcakes, broth and bread. Recipes from across the region, such as Leak
Pudding, Carlins, Singin'-hinny, Taffle Apple, Barley Broth and wartime recipes
'Warton Pie' (Wartime Pie) of course, all served with much home grown North
East humour.

A
joyous celebration of the history of the food and its people from the North
East of England.