Read The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook, Revised Edition: From Lady Mary's Crab Canapes To Daisy's Mousse Au Chocolat--More Than 150 Recipes From Upstairs And Downstairs (2014)
The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook, Revised Edition: From Lady Mary's Crab Canapes To Daisy's Mousse Au Chocolat--More Than 150 Recipes From Upstairs And Downstairs (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
For full disclosure, I didn't actually make any if the recipes in this book. They might have been really good! I don't know. I found the book in need of some significant editing, both for typos and to reel in the cheesy attempt to link every single recipe to the characters from the show in some way. Just tell me more about Edwardian cuisine, please. I also found it off-putting that so many of the recipes relied on extremely modern ingredients, like cheesecake pudding mix and frozen puff pastry. What?I will say, reading this book inspired me to order Oysters Rockefeller over the weekend, which was totally worth it. Yum. I read cookbooks the way some women read romance novels -- to have a pleasant fantasy about things I cannot actually imagine DOING. This is a just-barely-not-shameless attempt to cash in on the popularity of Downton Abbey by collecting authentic (? -- I assume but I don't know) Edwardian recipes, sorting them into two sections for the family and the servants, and then dividing the larger family section into the courses of the "service a la Russe" popular at the time of the series. Each recipe is bracketed by an introductory paragraph describing the recipe and linking it to Downtown characters, and a brief paragraph afterward giving customs, etiquette, or holiday trivia about the recipe or the time period and culture generally. The introductory paragraphs involve quite a stretch to make a connection sometimes, and I found them as annoying as interesting. The concluding paragraphs are more interesting, but the author gives no citations (other than a general reading list at the back). I realize only an academic nutbar would want proper citations in an unofficial tie-in cookbook. I own it. But really, don't you want to know WHAT ingredient or process related to the production of marmite would be limited by war times so as to result in the invention of Vegemite? Borrow from your library as I did, but don't waste your money unless you're fond of fiddling with complex recipes.
What do You think about The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook, Revised Edition: From Lady Mary's Crab Canapes To Daisy's Mousse Au Chocolat--More Than 150 Recipes From Upstairs And Downstairs (2014)?
Yep. You guessed it. Another recipe book.
—Lucyluu123
very interesting... no pics, though
—rachelle222011
