"Bassnett's groundbreaking monograph puts women, food, and politics center table. She places a full plate before readers. she provides an invaluable perspective on early modern food studies, which, barring the excellent scholarship on recipes and domesticity, has largely left women behind kitchen doors. Those interested in food studies, women's writing, women's religio-political agency, or the history of English Protestantism should not hesitate to add this monograph to their bookshelves." (Lauren Shook, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 72 (4), 2019) "To this field, Madeline Bassnett's Women, Food Exchange, and Governance in Early Modern England is a welcome and fascinating addition . Bassnett's book is well conceived and well executed." (Elisa Tersigni, TSWL Tulsa Studies in Women's Literatur, Vol.

38 (2), 2019) "Women, Food Exchange, and Governance is strikingly original in bringing together aspects of food history not normally treated in conjunction. Bassnett discusses hospitality, fasting, feasting, and kitchen management alongside agricultural production and breastfeeding, pushing early modern food studies to think more expansively about where we direct our attention." (Andrea Crow, Modern Philology, Vol. 116 (4), 2019) "The book is written in an admirably clear and straightforward style. It takes generous account of prior critics, summarizing complex arguments and relying where relevant upon the groundbreaking work of other scholars." (David B. Goldstein, Renaissance and Reformation, Vol. 41 (4), 2018).