Paul Hollywood's favorite British bakes, divided by region. The introductions talk about how differences in climate, crops, and finances has created varied baking traditions for each region and are all very interesting and enlightening and I wished for more in-depth information, but this is a cookbook after all, not a history book. The recipes are great - very British - and the illustrations, especially the technique ones, are extremely helpful as "fairly wet dough" is a somewhat loose description. Note that many of the recipes take some experimenting with because US ingredients, especially flour, are different from British, but it's not difficult to get good results. ( )