Vintage Tea Party [Hardcover]

Carolyn Caldicott (Author), Chris Caldicott (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 21, 2012

Everyone loves a tea party. Mix-and-match crockery, bone-handled knives, lace and linen, sweet peas and roses, home baking and a slug of gin in the tea cup - they're all back in vogue. Indoors by the fire in winter or outside in sumemr sunshine, hosts and guests can relax together with none of the formality of a dinner party.

In Vintage Tea Party, Carolyn Caldicott shows readers how to recreate a world of nostalgic comfort, old-fashioned elegance and delicious treats. Try her recipes for cucumber sandwiches, Victoria sponge, rose petal jelly, strawberry and champagne jam, Earl Grey tea with gin and lemon, and much, much more.

Editorial Reviews

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"You don't have to be a domestic goddess to have a tea party . . . It is all about presentation: serve your cake creations on vintage tea-things and lace-edged paper doilies for maximum impact."
— from the book

About the Author

Carolyn Caldicott and her husband Chris own the World Food Café in London's Covent Garden, where they for twenty years they have been cooking and serving delicious vegetarian food from recipes collected on their travels. They are the authors of three vegetarian cookery books published by Frances Lincoln.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln (February 21, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0711233276
• ISBN-13: 978-0711233270
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.7 x 7.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #86 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Occasions

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Victoria Sponge Cake, but unsure about the rest. October 10, 2012

By K. Murns

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When i first got this book, i really loved the way it looked straight away!
I love the little snippets about tea and the fact that it had cakes from my childhood (im originally from the UK).
For about a year ive been searching on and off for the perfect victoria sponge cake. So i tried the one in this book and it turned out wonderfully.
Encouraged, i tried the Welsh Rarebit! Well the instructions were strange because the quantities of cheese seemed a bit much for 4 slices of bread...so i reduced it a bit and it was still SOOOO much left over (and i filled the bread up as much as i could).
I thought it might be a typo.
So i decided to try the Chocolate cake. I followed the recipe even down to the size of the pan (which i dont often do), bought the best chocolate etc...at some point when it was in the oven, i could smell burning!
So i quickly turned down the heat thinking that maybe i had misread the oven temp. No, that was fine. So i put foil over the top of the cake so it wouldnt burn and i let it cook.
When i took it out, it was burn even under the cake and around the sides. I was really disapointed.
I felt like it was a wasted cake. I even tried to cut off the sides and underneath. but the cake is so fragile that it didnt go so well
When i tasted it, to me, it just tasted like the brownies i usually make (with less eggs and fuss), and in all i felt deflated because i had spent so much on ingredients.
So now ive been reluctant to make anything else from here because ive had two glitches with two recipes.
If i make anymore from here i will update, but for now...3 stars.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful May 31, 2012

By Nadene G. Trofholz

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Although I have not been able to try the recipes yet, I found the book to be delightful, full of wonderful sounding recipes. The color photos are lovely and help create the feeling one is in England and ready for tea. I have many tea books but find this is one that I will go to on many occasions and try new recipes.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A great learning expierience December 19, 2012

By bobbyparis

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This book helped very much in learning the art of serving tea at any time of day and occassion. A must get for any tea lover.