What I have are :
The first book I bought, I'd originally borrowed from the library and really wanted a copy for myself. Cooking with Jane Austen by Kirstin Olsen is from a Feasting with Fiction series and only now am I thinking that I should see what else was in the series. I found a copy overseas - and was thankfully not underemployed in 2010 so could afford to buy it.
The first book I bought, I'd originally borrowed from the library and really wanted a copy for myself. Cooking with Jane Austen by Kirstin Olsen is from a Feasting with Fiction series and only now am I thinking that I should see what else was in the series. I found a copy overseas - and was thankfully not underemployed in 2010 so could afford to buy it.
The second book I managed to track down was a copy of Margaretta Acworth's Georgian Cookery Book. It was published in the 1980s and the Prochaska's (who are the authors) list the original receipt, followed by a modern translation. It wasn't cheap, mainly cos few copies were available at the time, but now it's very affordable. Especially if posted from the UK. The recipe I've made a couple of times is what I call Cardiac Apple Pie. The pie filling includes double cream and brandy and OMG it's so rich but so good. I'm thinking of trying to make a gluten free version, for which I need so GF digestive biscuits.
My third and last (so far) of my books covering this era is Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which It’s a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels by Anne Chotzinoff Grossman and Lisa Grossman Thomas. I didn't get the hardback, cos I didn't even think to look for one. This series of Patrick O'Brian's books is set in the Navy (military not merchant) and food gets mentioned a lot. I'm assuming he researched the food of the era, and these authors have done an amazing job of researching and publishing them.
There are possibly others, but I'm a bit of a nerd, and want original era recipes not things that are thought to be Austen-ish. You do you and I'll do me.
BTW the third isn't the only fiction inspired recipe book on my bookcase. I also have A Feast of Ice and Fire - because yes I'm a huge GRRM fan.
Oh, another regency era clothing book that I got last year at the Jane Austen Festival in Louisville (Kentucky) was the catalogue from the DAR exhibition An Agreeable Tyrant: Fashion after the Revolution.
My third and last (so far) of my books covering this era is Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which It’s a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels by Anne Chotzinoff Grossman and Lisa Grossman Thomas. I didn't get the hardback, cos I didn't even think to look for one. This series of Patrick O'Brian's books is set in the Navy (military not merchant) and food gets mentioned a lot. I'm assuming he researched the food of the era, and these authors have done an amazing job of researching and publishing them.
There are possibly others, but I'm a bit of a nerd, and want original era recipes not things that are thought to be Austen-ish. You do you and I'll do me.
BTW the third isn't the only fiction inspired recipe book on my bookcase. I also have A Feast of Ice and Fire - because yes I'm a huge GRRM fan.
Oh, another regency era clothing book that I got last year at the Jane Austen Festival in Louisville (Kentucky) was the catalogue from the DAR exhibition An Agreeable Tyrant: Fashion after the Revolution.
