The Country House Kitchen (History)
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ISBN 10: 075090884X ISBN 13: 9780750908849
Published by - -, 1996
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Synopsis:
Country houses were formerly self-sufficient to a degree not easy for us to understand today, requiring a considerable range of purpose-built accommodation for food provision and a hierarchy of servants with particular skills. This book, compiled by experts on the history of food and domestic skills and techniques, offers a comprehensive, fully illustrated survey of how country houses were provided for.
All the varied activities associated with food provision are considered in detail, including brewing, baking, dairy-work, distilling and ice-storage. Also discussed are the evolution of the cooking fire and the kitchen range, cooking vessels and gadgets and the kitchen staff who used them, the layout of the areas behind the green baize door, and the relationship between kitchen, serving room and dining-room.
Most of the houses mentioned in the book still exist and are open to the public. Many are under the care of the National Trust which has been busy restoring their 'domestic offices' over recent years.
About the Author: PAMELA A. SAMBROOK was a museum curator and is now a freelance writer, lecturer and domestic historian, currently working as associate lecturer at Keele University, Open University tutor and consultant to the National Trust. PETER BREARS was formerly Director of Leeds City Museums Service. He is a well-known writer and lecturer on food history and consultant to the National Trust.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Country House Kitchen (History)
Publisher: - -
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good