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Book review: Stuffed is a sweet banquet of food history bites
Historian Pen Vogler examines the forces influencing food history including the rise of the strawberry from the 1950s
The perception of strawberries in the popular imagination was transformed by Wimbledon. They became synonymous with the famed tennis championships as the fruit’s short season – just four to six weeks – coincides with the duration of the tournament.
When supermarkets started to emerge in Britain in the 1950s, they used strawberries to lure customers. After the country joined the then EEC in 1973, the fruit was available on shop shelves for more of the ...
