Red Sauce, Brown Sauce

by Felicity Cloake
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Good Books rating 4.38
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  • ID: 1054
  • Added: 2025-09-24
  • Updated: 2025-09-24
  • Reviews: 4
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foodanddrink.scotsman.com · Unknown · 2025-09-25
delightful 4.00

The book explores the cultural significance of ketchup and brown sauce in the UK, offering a humorous and insightful look at these condiments. It's a delightful read that combines history, science, and personal anecdotes.

Red Sauce, Brown Sauce is a charming exploration of the beloved condiments that grace British tables. The author delves into the history and science behind these sauces, revealing their cultural impact and the passionate debates they inspire. The book is filled with witty observations and personal stories, making it an engaging read for anyone who enjoys food writing. While some might find the focus on sauces narrow, the author's enthusiasm and the wealth of interesting facts make it a compelling journey. It's a book that will make you look at your ketchup and brown sauce bottles in a whole new light.

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    The British are a nation of condiment lovers

    The author's passion for sauces is infectious

    A delightful blend of history, science, and personal anecdotes

ormidalels.com · Unknown · 2025-09-25
delightful 4.50

Felicity Cloake's book, Red Sauce, Brown Sauce, is a delightful mix of travel and culinary exploration, offering a deep dive into regional breakfast traditions across the UK. The author's extensive research and personal experiences make it an engaging read for food enthusiasts and travelers alike.

Felicity Cloake's Red Sauce, Brown Sauce is a charming blend of travelogue and culinary investigation. The book chronicles her journey across the UK, where she explores and tastes a variety of regional breakfast dishes, from Cornish Hog’s puddings to Scottish haggis. Her adventures are not just about food but also about the people and places she encounters, making it a rich tapestry of cultural and culinary experiences. The inclusion of recipes and detailed observations about food production adds an informative layer, while her cycling escapades add a sense of adventure. It's a book that will appeal to anyone interested in food, travel, and the stories behind our morning meals.

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    She starts by heading to Cornwall via Exeter by train, where she watches butter being churned and tastes Hog’s puddings.

    The book is a delightful mixture of a cycling travel book and informative detail on English regional breakfasts — mixed in with investigative journalism on food production.

    Certainly, to eat all those ‘Full English’ breakfasts she needed to do a fair bit of cycling — especially uphill.

sheilakumar.in · Unknown · 2025-09-25
delightful 4.50

The book is a delightful exploration of British condiments, offering a mix of history, recipes, and personal anecdotes. It's both informative and entertaining, making it a great read for food enthusiasts.

Red Sauce, Brown Sauce by Felicity Cloake is a charming and informative journey through the world of British condiments. The book blends history, personal anecdotes, and practical recipes, making it an engaging read. The author's passion for food shines through, and the book is filled with interesting tidbits that will appeal to anyone curious about the culinary traditions of the UK. While some might find the focus on condiments niche, the book's engaging style and wealth of information make it a delightful read for food lovers.

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    The book is a delightful exploration of British condiments, offering a mix of history, recipes, and personal anecdotes.

    It's both informative and entertaining, making it a great read for food enthusiasts.

    The author's passion for food shines through, and the book is filled with interesting tidbits.

kentandsurreybylines.co.uk · Unknown · 2023-12-06
delightful 4.50

Felicity Cloake's 'Red Sauce Brown Sauce' is a delightful culinary travelogue that takes readers on a cycling journey across the UK, exploring the nation's breakfast culture and the debate between ketchup and brown sauce. The book is filled with engaging anecdotes, recipes, and insights into British breakfast traditions, making it a fun and informative read.

Felicity Cloake's 'Red Sauce Brown Sauce' is a charming culinary travelogue that chronicles her cycling adventures across the United Kingdom in search of the perfect British breakfast. The book starts with a fun reference to a Pooh quote on breakfast and takes readers on a journey through picturesque landscapes and industrial areas, all while sampling various breakfast items and meeting interesting characters. Cloake's exploration includes recipes for traditional English breakfast dishes like kippers kedgeree and hog's pudding, making the book a treasure trove for food enthusiasts. Despite some limitations due to the pandemic, the author manages to provide a rich tapestry of British breakfast culture, from fry-ups to Weetabix. The book also delves into the ongoing debate between ketchup and brown sauce, revealing regional and demographic preferences. Overall, it's a delightful and engaging read that combines travel, food, and cultural insights.

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    The writer has us at the Pooh quote on breakfast right at the start of the book, and it's a fun ride from there on.

    Britain is a country that runs on breakfast, declares Cloake, directing our attention to Insta accounts dedicated to fry-ups, spilling the tea on bubble and squeak, tattie scones, laverbread, faggots, good ole baked beans, how marmalade was once served as part of a dessert course, how micro leaves have absolutely no place on a plate of Full Scottish, how Rishi Sunak didn’t do Yorkshire tea any good by tweeting a pic of himself brewing that tea for his team, and a paragraph on my favourite breakfast cereal, Weetabix.

    And now, I'll hie me to the kitchen now, to try making some stotties.

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