More than a cookbook, the Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book delineates a lifestyle at the top of English society and intelligentsia at the time. This treasure trove that includes unlikely dishes such as Turnips Cresselly and Penally Pudding contains, even, another cook evident in the work: The recipe for boiling rice is in Charles Darwin's own hand. The image of Darwin standing over a pot of boiling water with his pocket watch in hand, is one to savor, along with every other vestige of a lost kitchen and lifestyle come back to life here.
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A welcome and unique addition to personal, professional, and community library cookbook collections,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book: Revived and Illustrated (Hardcover)
Most cookbooks are simple compilations of recipes. But every once in a while one comes along that is so much more! Such is the case with the newly revised and illustrated edition of "Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book", a brilliantly presented compendium of recipes, culinary instructions and personal anecdotes about the every day life in the Charles Darwin household as recorded by his wife Emma Wedgwood Darwin. Culinary enthusiasts Dusha Bateson and Weslie Janeway have teamed up to recreate and test every one of the 55 recipes that Emma Darwin had recorded for her own use and for her posterity. Combining superb recipes with Victorian era commentaries on dining at the Darwin household, "Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book" offers a an series of dishes ranging from Fish Croquettes; Celery Sauce; Potato Rissoles; and Stewed Mushrooms; to Vegetable Soup; Nesselrode Pudding; Quince Jelly; and Scotch Cake. The beautifully rendered drawings of plants and the full color photography of finished dishes, as well as the occasional reproductions of Mrs. Darwin's handwritten entries, makes "Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book" a welcome and unique addition to personal, professional, and community library cookbook collections.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Great book for history buffs and food connoisseurs,
By Kitty Colman "Kitty" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book: Revived and Illustrated (Hardcover)
This wonderful account of history and recipe book is beautifully designed and has real recipe's right out of Emma Darwin's personal cookery notebook. I was able to learn about the Down House, where Charles and Emma Darwin lived. There are also pictures and illustrations of the Darwin's residences along with photographs of the delicious recipes. I have a sweet-tooth myself, and this book is filled with the most decadent and luxurious deserts ever! The deserts are great to make while entertaining. Overall, I give this book 5 stars!
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This review is from: Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book: Revived and Illustrated (Hardcover)
MRS. CHARLES DARWIN'S RECIPE BOOK Revived and Illustrated By Dusha Bateson and Weslie Janeway A review by Marty Martindale Emma Darwin was the wife of the eminent nineteenth-century English naturalist, Charles Darwin who gave us natural selection based on his evidence that all species evolved from common ancestors. His epic work, On the Origin of the Species, followed. When Mrs. Darwin's husband was not aboard his work ship, the HMS Beagle, Mrs. Darwin saw to it he ate very well, so much so, she compiled a cookery notebook, sometimes referred to as her manuscript. It contained recipes with knowledgeable commentary, text and botanical drawings. Bateson and Janeway through the notes of Mrs. Darwin, describe the couple's comfortable Victorian lifestyle. The recipe book contains fifty-five selections most appropriate for this period in time. Recipes from the collection were not highly spiced and most contained few ingredients. Some spicier accompaniments of the era were curry powder, mushroom ketchup, essence of anchovy, soy also Universal and Harvey's sauces. Though the Darwins were somewhat younger than Thomas Jefferson, the recipe simplicity along with the muted favorings were themes from both. Pudding desserts were highly favored by each in a time before ice cream. However, Jefferson was in a position to do something about bringing ice cream into reality. The authors have started each recipe with helpful, sometimes historical, headnotes. In the appendix, you will be able to find copies of some of Emma's recipes as entered in her notebook. Below is an overview of some of her recipes: CHEESE STRAWS Simply Parmesan cheese, flour, butter, cayenne pepper and milk BAKED CHEESE CUSTARD Butter, flour, milk, grated cheese, eggs and a little dry mustard, also grated nutmeg SCOTCH WOODCOCK White bread, butter, anchovy paste, heavy cream, egg yolks and cayenne pepper Emma Darwin wrote: "Chop some anchovy very fine; anchovy paste will do as well, spread it on buttered toast. Beat up the yolks of two eggs. Melt a little butter in good cream, thicken it with the yolks to the consistency of a good custard, and pour it over the toast which is cut in slices." TURNIPS CRESSELLY Young, white turnips, butter, heavy cream and cayenne pepper BAKED APPLE PUDDING Apples, sugar, lemon peep, butter, flour, milk and eggs The entry from Emma Darwin's recipe notbook: From Emma's notebook: "Peel the apples, take out the core, fill the holds with sugar and a little lemon peel chopped very fine. Put them into a dish in the oven and when nicely done, pour on them a nice batter not too thick. Bake in a steady oven for an hour." BURNT RICE Medium grain rice, milk or cream, butter, sugar and eggs GINGER BISCUITS Honey, brown sugar, butter, powdered ginger and flour ITALIAN CREAM Heavy cream, lemon juice, sugar and brancy ORANGE POSSET Orange, sugar, sweet wine, orange extract and cream Emma's life spanned 88 years, and as was not uncommon in those days, her husband, Charles, was her cousin. Each were the grandchildren of Josiah Wedgewood, a famed pottery manufacturer. As to their married life, Bateson and Janeway found in Emma's letters where Charles Darwin had written of Emma, she was "as good as twice refined gold." You can reach Marty Martindale at FOOD SITE OF THE DAY.
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