title: Fish, Flesh And Good Red Herring: A Gallimaufry
author:  Alice Thomas Ellis 
description: 'A book of distinctive and just accolades are presented within these pages. Fish, Flesh and Good Red Herring explores and reveals the extremes of drinking and eating that have crossed our years, adding an extra bite to our, perhaps still undiscovered, repetoire of foods' Gary Rhodes 'This has to be the best bedside reading ever. It's the mix of personal detail, culinary history and tart comment that appeals. Little attempt is made to progress from A-Z, leaving us in the author's hands as she scatters plums and acid drops throughout in equal measure. How I did enjoy reading this!' Publishing News
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  Aileen Fish
  
  Chapter One
  
  
  October, 1810
  
  
  Hampshire, England
  
  Andrew Vickers, the 5th Duke of Langley, stood beneath a yellowing oak tree
  observing his guests with a yawn. The titled young men and ladies Mother had
  invited scampered about with a select few members of the gentry, chasing after
  their wooden pall mall balls on the vast lawn at his southernmost estate,
  Hawking Hall. Exceedingly bored, Langley wished he were in Town. There was no
  one in London he really cared to see, but at least there he could retire to
  his chamber when he wished, or bury himself in a book and speak to no one for
  hours on end.
  
  Standing beside him his friend, William Butler, Viscount Pembrook, absently
  swung a mallet in the air, appearing no more interested in the game than
  Langley was.
  
  Langley made no attempt to disguise another yawn. He could use a nap before
  the evening activities, if he was to be at his best. It was important he be
  sharp witted so he co