A Taste Of Britain

Can be personalised!

Travel around Scotland, Wales and the regions of England through the pages of the books in our 'A Taste of ...' series, and discover the delicious variety of our traditional dishes, as well as some of the stories behind the recipes. Your journey is given added flavour by delightful period images from The Francis Frith Collection, showing the people and places of these regions in past times. Each title in the series explores a particular region, featuring some of its cities, towns and villages in glorious period photographs, with a selection of the local food and recipes that the area is known for.

There are 15 books in this series. Scroll down for what to expect in books from this series.

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The perfect, personalised gift

Add a personal dedication to the title page - free of charge. Most of our books are printed individually to order. You can add a personal message when you buy that will be printed on the title page at no extra cost, making our books a great gift or keepsake. This is a great option for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and leaving or retirement.

Books in this series

A Taste of Cumbria and the Lake District

A Taste of East Anglia

A Taste of Gloucestershire and the Cotwolds

A Taste of Lincolnshire and the Fens

A Taste of the East Midlands

A Taste of the North-East

A Taste of the North-West

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A Taste of the South-East

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A Taste of the South-West

A Taste of The Thames Valley

A Taste of The West Midlands

What to expect from titles in our A Taste Of Britain range.

Read on for a little more information about these books, and see sample pages from some of them.

Mouth-watering traditional recipes

Rediscover traditional, locally-inspired dishes. Throughout this series of books you'll find mouth-watering recipes using some of the fine local produce that Britain is famous for - here are just a few...

Brown Bread & Honey Ice Cream, from A Taste of the South-East.
London Particular Soup, from A Taste of London.
Coniston Pudding, from A Taste of Cumbria and the Lake District.
Poor Man’s Goose, from A Taste of Yorkshire.
Aberffraw cakes, from A Taste of Wales.
Bridecake, from A Taste of Scotland.

Local History, Folklore & Facts

Each book is peppered with topic boxes of snippets and information about regional dialect, words and phrases, traditional customs and local trivia such as:

The story of the local hero behind the recipe for Stargazy Pie, from A Taste of the South-West.
The peas that saved the people of Blackpool from starvation, from A Taste of the North-West.
The cake traditionally eaten on Mothering Sunday, from A Taste of The West Midlands.
A delicious meat-free sausage recipe from Wales - Glamorgan sausages - from A Taste of Wales.

Here are some sample pages from books in this series - click one to enlarge.

Personalise your Book

Most of our books are printed individually to your order, allowing you to add a personal message when you buy that will be printed on the title page at no extra cost, making our books a great gift or keepsake.

There is simply nothing like receiving a gift that has been specially chosen with you in mind. Our individually printed, personalised books are the perfect way to show you care and are ideal for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and leaving or retirement occasions.

Poetry Books and those in our 'Stock Books' category cannot be personalised. Available in paperback or hardback as specified.

Free Mounted Photo Print

These books include a voucher for a free Frith Photo Print.

Turn to the back of your Frith book and find a voucher for a free mounted print of a Frith photo of your choice. Simply choose any photo from the book, return the completed voucher with a small payment for P&P. We will then print it in sepia and mount it for you in our Medium Standard mount.