{"id":6311,"date":"2026-05-27T09:16:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6311"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:16:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:16:50","slug":"book-review-up-the-packet-one-mans-crisp-odyssey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/book-review-up-the-packet-one-mans-crisp-odyssey\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review &#8211; Up The Packet \u2013 One Man\u2019s Crisp Odyssey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"342\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-23.png 342w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-23-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Who doesn\u2019t like a packet of crisps with their pint? Have you however thought more deeply about the subject? Simon Williams has produced a book that will tell you all you need to know. Over 24 chapters, Mr Williams, a record producer and the proud owner of a collection of over 8,000 crisp bags, sets out the history of the snack, the development of the various flavours, what defines a crisp and much more. In a light-hearted but very informative style, with plenty of illustrations, this is a highly enjoyable read. Paperback; 181 pages; ISBN-13-978-1-9162327-5-4. Price \u00a314.99. It is available online from the publishers, <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.damagedgoods.co.uk\/products\/up-the-packet\">Damaged Goods Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who doesn\u2019t like a packet of crisps with their pint? Have you however thought more deeply about the subject? Simon Williams has produced a book that will tell you all&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6314,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6311\/revisions\/6314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}