Stuffed with Pen Vogler

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 books:Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential HousekeeperA Dark History of Sugar Both are published by Pen & Sword and available from all good bookshops. Don’t forget, there will be postbag episodes in the future, so if you have any questions or queries about today’s episode, or indeed any episode, or have a question about the history of British food please email Neil at [email protected], or on twitter and BlueSky@neilbuttery, or Instagram and Threads dr_neil_buttery. His DMs are open.You can also join the British Food: a History Facebook discussion page: