A richly entertaining celebration of Britain’s national dish and its delightful neon houses. The perfume of every town and city in Britain is tangy with vinegar and thick with grease. It is almost impossible not to follow this vapor trail, a mesmeric blend that transports us to a joyous elsewhere, in a nostalgic rush of mums and dads across the land declaring ‘Chippy tea!’ In this lively and relatable book, acclaimed author Daniel Gray ponders the magic of chippies and rejoices in the delight they have sprinkled among us over the last 150 years. He also investigates the social—and sociable—history of fish and chips, revealing the shared truths that bind us to this edible institution and its charismatic outlets. By travelling to the most celebrated chippies across Britain and Ireland, he will show how many of the themes that shape our country are drizzled in vinegar. Chippies have emancipated working class women, brought equality for immigrants, stemmed revolution, helped us win wars an