The Jane Austen Cookbook
By (Author) Maggie Black
By (author) Deirdre Le Faye
British Museum Press
British Museum Press
27th May 2002
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Social and cultural history
European history
641.50942
Paperback
128
Width 188mm, Height 246mm
The introduction discusses Jane's own interest in food, as shown both in the novels and in her letters, and the importance of mealtimes and entertaining in the social life of her period (1775-1817), with the complete contents of Martha Lloyd's "Household Book" and the history of the manuscript, now in Jane Austen's House at Chawton, Hampshire. Delightful line drawings, prints and watercolours from contemporary sources illustrate the book.
Maggie Black was a food historian and author of numerous books including The Medieval Cookbook. Deirdre Le Faye is an Austenian scholar and author of Jane Austen: A Family Record.