The official Downton Abbey cookbook
125 recipes from the successful British series Dishes like at Downton Abbey. Downton Abbey is the most successful British television series ever. The fate of the Yorkshire-based Grantham family and their staff have followed millions of fans around the world. Now they are looking forward to the start of the movie in September 2019.
Food always plays a major role in this. In the course of invitations to lunch, clan meetings or garden parties, the lordships have a range of impressive dishes served - prepared and served by the staff, who have much more down-to-earth meals in the servants' room. Above and below, however, the really important things are discussed over dinner, new connections are established and one or two scandals are uncovered - everything is always very British.
Whether classics like plum pudding, stuffed duck, raspberry meringue, Impressive recipes such as champagne jelly, Madeira cake or down-to-earth dishes such as rice pudding and lamb stew with semolina porridge, there is something for every taste. Divided into different chapters such as “Breakfast”, “Lunch”, “Horse Racing”, “Afternoon Tea” or “Stately Dinner”, the reader learns all kinds of things about the preparation and origin of the individual dishes and meals. Dr. Annie Gray has gathered authentic recipes from the time and transformed them into recipes based on the diets of Downton Abbey that can also be cooked in modern kitchens.
With lots of background information on the series, on dining and dining at the beginning of the 19th century, quotes from popular characters and the appropriate staging, this book is a true homage to Downton Abbey.
The perfect book for cooking lovers and aristocracy fans who also want to learn more about their favorite series and characters.
About the author: Annie Gray is a historian, chef, specializing in food history and culture in Britain from 1600 to the present day.
Annie Gray
The official Downton Abbey cookbook
125 recipes from the successful British series
ISBN 978-3-8310-3881-7
272 pages, 213 x 265 mm
€ 24.95 (D) / € 25.70 (A)
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