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Imagine eating white soup with Mr. Darcy, roast pork with Miss Bates, or scones with Mr. Collins! Just thinking of those dishes transports me back into the scenes in Jane Austen's novels and makes me smile. In DINNER WITH MR. DARCY, food historian Pen Vogler examines Austen's use of food in her writing, researches ancient Georgian recipes and converts them for the modern cook.
Even though Austen is not known for her descriptive writing, food is an important theme in her stories, speaking for her if you know how to listen. Every time we dine with characters, or food is mentioned, it relays an important fact that Austen wants us to note: wealth and station, poverty and charity, and of course comedy. While poor Mr. Woodhouse frets over wedding cake in EMMA, Mr. Bingley offers white soup to his guests at Netherfield Park in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, and Aunt Norris lifts the supernumerary jellies after the ball in MANSFIELD PARK, we are offered insights into their characters and their social station.
In Austen's letter she writes to her sister Cassandra about many domestic matters: clothes, social gatherings and food. When she mentions orange wine, apple pie and sponge cake we know it is of importance to her.
"I hope you had not a disagreeable evening with Miss Austen and her niece. You know how interesting the purchase of a sponge-cake is to me." - Jane Austen in a letter to her sister Cassandra, 15 June 1808
Vogler has combed Austen's novels, letters and juvenilia pulling out dishes and researching them in contemporary cookbooks from the Georgian era. The sections are cleverly arranged: Breakfast with General Tilney; Mrs.Read more ›
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I love how the book includes both a recipe you can follow and the original recipe from the time period. If you're a foodie who loves Jane Austen this is the perfect addition to your collection. The book includes pictures of most of the recipes and references to the works and letters of Jane Austen where they were mentioned. The book is from the UK so some of the recipe terms were new to me, but easy to google. It has measurements in Metric and American units.
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This book arrived to me in perfect condition. The recipes inside are easy to follow and i enjoy that theres the original recipe from the olden days on the bottom! Definitely a grand purchase!!!
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This cook book makes me feel like I'm in the 19th century. The recipes were brilliant, though some of them seemed a bit shocking with all the ingredients that I'm not used to; like the pigeon pie. Other than that, I love it, and I can't wait to try out the recipes. Plus, the cover is beautiful!
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Not sure if I'll actually get brave enough to cook from this cookbook!!! It's not difficult recipes (well most of them) it's just soooo different for this southern girl ;) I love the pics though & the quotations from the books
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I love classic literature which include Jane Austen novels and I couldn't resist this book. But the main reason for my purchase was the appreciation for recipes prepared the traditional way also, I do love old recipes which uses wholesome ingredients. Beside this fact, the book is beautiful, the illustrations and text are interesting and well done. I am super happy with this book. Amazon has never disappointed me, shipping was super fast and I've received the book as described. Love it!
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I love this book! I won't be trying the pigeon pie any time soon, and when I do, I'll be using chicken, but this book is a lot of fun! Loads of pictures, clear, modernized recipes alongside the originals, which are really fun to read, and lots of great information (like the fact that the Oxford English Dictionary credits Jane Austen with the first recorded use of the term "sponge cake").
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