PositiveThe Washington PostIn this book, which is as thick as a double-cut pork chop, the author sees trade in sugar, spice, rice and tea as the reason the British were so keen to command sea routes dating from the 16th century … The result is the stuff of lively cocktail party conversation among the geekiest food lovers, right down to the occasional recipe for mock turtle, rum punch and (Hello, Bridget Jones!) leftover-turkey curry … Collingham devotes fewer pages to food and empire in Britain’s modern times, understandably. Her thesis is not so easily sustained in the Brexit era.
