Food Worth Fighting For

From Food Riots to Food Banks

By (author) Josh Sutton

Book cover: Food Worth Fighting For

Extent: 224 pages

Publisher: Prospect Books

Subjects: Eighteenth-Century Studies, Food & Drink, Nineteenth-Century Studies

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(June 2016)

ISBN: 9781909248489

5.51 x 8.5 inches

Price: $24.00

In stock

This book is a survey of the food riots of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.


This book is a survey of the food riots of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries such as the The West Country Food Riots of 1766, The Ely and Littleport ‘Bread and Beer’ Riots of 1816 and other food related social conflict in the UK. Using evidence from contemporary broadside ballads and folk song, which emerged in the years that followed on from those events, the author looks closely at the evolution of the modern food system. Drawing on some of the actions of food rioters of earlier centuries, the author suggests that the spirit of the food riot is still very much alive today, and is apparent in the practice of some of those engaged in providing food charity in modern Britain.

Josh Sutton is a writer and illustrator on food and travel. He writes and illustrates a regular column in Camping Magazine and his features have appeared in The Guardian, The Yorkshire Post, Petits Propos Culinaires and a number of other publications including; Country Walking Magazine, The Big Issue and Green Parent Magazine. He has written two books for Prospect Books, Food Worth Fighting For, and Outdoor Ovens. Food Worth Fighting For was shortlisted for the Guild of Food Writers Award in 2017. His first book, Guyrope Gourmet, came out in 2013.

  • By (author) Josh Sutton