About this episode
In today’s episode, I am talking with author and food historian Pen Vogler about her book Stuffed: A History of Good Food and Hard Times in Britain which was published toward the end of last year 2023.We discuss how precarious our food supply was and is, the Enclosure Acts and their effect upon our relationship with food, allotments, havercakes, adulteration and malnutrition, school dinners and Hannah Woolley’s pumpkin pie, amongst many other things.Support the podcast and blogs by becoming, if you can, a £3 monthly subscriber, and unlock lots of premium content, or treat me to a one-off virtual pint or coffee: click here.Pen’s book Stuffed: A History of Good Food and Hard Times in Britain is out now.Oxford Literary FestivalHexham Book FestivalHay FestivalFind Pen on social media: Twitter & Instagram @PenVoglerBooks and other things mentioned in today’s episode:Scoff: A History of Food and Class in Britain by Pen VoglerMy interpretation of Hannah Woolley/W.M.’s pumpkin pie recipeUltra-Processed People by Chris van TullekenPrevious podcast episodes pertinent to today’s episode:The School Meals Service with Heather EllisEnglish Food, a People's History with Diane PurkissA History of Herbalism with Emma KayNeil’s blogs:‘British Food: a History’ ‘Neil Cooks Grigson’ Neil’s boo
