The Biscuit

Closed, opens tomorrow 11amIndependent shop in FremontDirections

Available from Book Larder when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

UK Import Bourbons. Custard Creams. Rich Tea. Jammie Dodgers. Chocolate Digestives. Shortbread. Ginger snaps. Which is your favourite? British people eat more biscuits than any other nation; they are as embedded in our culture as fish and chips or the Sunday roast. We follow the humble biscuit's transformation from durable staple for sailors, explorers and colonists to sweet luxury for the middling classes to comfort food for an entire nation. Like an assorted tin of biscuits, this charming and