Cake: A Slice of HistoryIf you have wondered about the stories behind the cakes made on the Great British Bake Off or the difference between a Victoria sandwich and a sponge cake (especially if Mary Berry or Nigella Lawson is not to hand), this is the book for you. Baking has always been about memories passed down through families and Alysa Levene will take you through this compelling social history of baking. 'My sister had three wedding cakes. Rather than spend a lot of

Based on huge research and scores of interviews

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Theirs was the world of the buzz bomb the cocktail party behind blackout curtains the severed hand seen on the pavement in the Bloomsbury square the rustle of a telegram falling through the letter-box the hasty farewell to another half who might not ever come back a world of living for the moment and snatching at pleasure before it disappeared

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including: Jonathan Aitken

detailed introduction of these wonderful stories and the pantheon of characters in them

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