- Hardcover: 490 pages
- Publisher: Kegan Paul; 2nd Revised edition edition (15 Feb 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0710312229
- ISBN-13: 978-0710312228
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 3.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 887,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Though today's diet-consciousness will preclude Devonshire White Pudding caviar, broiled sweetbreads, etc. from burdening the table, Kaori O'Connor has gloriously resurrected these and other delights in her splendid book." -- Peter Skinner, ForeWord
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This is a biography of the "English breakfast", a culinary detective story and a cookbook rolled into one. It tells the often-surprising tale of the English breakfast and presents authentic facsimile Victorian and Edwardian recipes and menus for forgotten breakfast and sideboard delights from the heyday of this best of all meals, by four celebrated culinary figures of the period - Georgiana Hill who catered for the grandest houses, the pukka colonial Colonel Kenney-Herbert, the galloping 'Major L' who rode to hounds and ran with the hunting set, and the bright and bustling Miss M L Allen, a paragon among housekeepers. Including six hundred and fifty recipes along with menu plans and instructions for breakfast table settings, this is a cracking good culinary read. Experienced cooks can use the recipes with little difficulty, inexperienced cooks can begin with the simpler recipes of which there are many, and those interested in social and culinary history can use the cookbooks as texts.
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The English Breakfast is the best-known national meal in the world, a unique cultural and culinary symbol of England and Englishness, in edible form. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
The English Breakfast is the best-known national meal in the world, a unique cultural and culinary symbol of England and Englishness, in edible form. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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Way overpriced
1 Feb 2007
Over 400 pages of this book are directly reproduced from old recipe books, and the copy quality is poor. The original material is minimal. The images are of poor quality. This book would be reasonably priced at $19 not $110.
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