This is a fun-filled tour of kitchens through history showing the evolution of cookery and the role of food. The book is filled with strange facts like the Georgians' self-roasting goose and photographs of historical kitchens and implements from a prehistoric oven to a Victorian spit-roast.

 

This book features in the following series: Rooms Through the Ages, Through the Ages .

This book is aimed at the following children: primary school, secondary school .

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1998 by Hachette Children's Group .

Tony De Saulles is the illustrator of the bestselling multi award-winning HORRIBLE SCIENCE series, which recently won The Blue Peter Prize for Best Book With Facts. Richard Wood is an Education Officer with the Norfolk Museums Service, and has taught History and English in Secondary Schools.