The Jane Austen Cookbook - Hardcover

Maggie Black & Deirdre Le Faye

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ISBN 10: 0714117498 ISBN 13: 9780714117492

Publisher: British Museum Press, 1995

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Physical description; 128p : ill, 1 facsim, ports. Subjects; Austen, Jane 1775-1817. Cookery, English History 18th century. Cookery, English History 19th century. Literary cookbooks England.

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From the Inside Flap:

Jane Austen wrote her novels in the midst of a large and sociable family. Brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews, friends and acquaintances were always coming and going, which offered numerous occasions for convivial eating and drinking. One of Jane?s dearest friends, Martha Lloyd, lived with the family for many years and recorded in her ?Household Book? over 100 recipes enjoyed by the Austens. A selection of this family fare, now thoroughly tested and modernized for today?s cooks, is recreated here, together with some of the more sophisticated dishes which Jane and her characters would have enjoyed at balls, picnics, and supper parties. A fascinating introduction describes Jane?s own interest in food, drawing upon both the novels and her letters, and explains the social conventions of shopping, eating, and entertaining in late Georgian and Regency England. The book is illustrated throughout with delightful contemporary line drawings, prints, and watercolours.

Authentic recipes, modernized for today?s cooks, include:
? Buttered Prawns
? Wine-Roasted Gammon and Pigeon Pie
? Broil?d Eggs
? White Soup and Salmagundy
? Pyramid Creams
? Martha?s Almond Cheesecakes

From the Back Cover:

“The Jane Austen Cookbook has to be the best present, although this riveting book is far more than just that.”
–Nigella Lawson

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