By Jacqui Wood Prehistoric Cooking [Paperback]

I bought this as resource material for a project I was working on and found it very useful. it's a good book covering a fairly specialist and limited field but it certainly gave me plenty of ideas and pointers to add to my own knowledge.

Some interesting food for thought.

a good book

I brought this book as part of my research on a Iron Age project, and it has been a brilliant read.I love the way the history is blended in, the logical processes, and the drawing together of arich breadth of knowledge, make this a excellent read. It shouldn't just be left with other cookbooks on the kitchen shelf, this one needs to be read from cover to cover first.

A unique book by a special person. The product of years of real life experimenting with ancient foods and cooking methods using information from archaeological research. The best way to get close to the lives of your ancestors and pre-industrial Britain.

I found this book at the Eden Project after wanting to try out prehistoric cookers ever since Time Team started. It is an engaging and fascinating read, bringing the ancient world very close and making it feel you can try out any of the recipes. I really liked the chapter on herbs and edible weeds - all of which were readily available in Cornwall while I was reading it and which I shall be looking out for in other parts of England.

I greatly enjoyed this book - excellent presentation, unusual ideas and really informative. Would thoroughly recommend it to foodies or those with an interest in archaeology.

I bought this purely on a whim and am so glad that I did. What a fantastic book, for those interested in history and food. A great book for a Living History Re-enactor to have in their repertoire. Not only the recipes, but the history of the times, what types of food was available, how it was used and most importantly, using authenic methods to cook the food. No modern tools in sight! Much praise for Jacqui Wood and those that helped with the book. Even if you are into a later period of history, this will give you a good sound base to start from, using basic tools and cooking methods that have been around for centuries, but some how the modern era has mainly forgotten about.