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'The mouthwatering Victorian recipes that made Victorian cook Mrs Crocombe a 21st century phenomenon' Country Life
A sumptuous cookery book and the definitive guide to the life, times and tastes of the world’s favourite Victorian cook, Mrs Crocombe. As seen on English Heritage’s The Victorian Way YouTube series.
This beautifully photographed book features fully tested and modernised recipes along with a transcription of Avis’s original manuscript, plus insights into daily life at Audley End by Dr Annie Gray and Dr Andrew Hann, and a foreword by the face of Mrs Crocombe, Kathy Hipperson. It showcases the best recipes from Mrs Crocombe’s own book, alongside others of the time, brought together so that every reader can put on their own Victorian meal.
A moreish smorgasbord of social history, How to Cook the Victorian Way is an absolute must for fans, foodies and anyone with an appetite for the past.
'Nudge up Nigella and move over Mary Berry, the latest culinary star to hit our screens and our shelves - with her best-selling book piled high in every gift shop - is none other than Victorian country house cook Avis Crocombe’ Daily Mail
Annie Gray is one of Britain’s leading food historians. She specialises in British food and dining from c.1650–1950, and works as a consultant, broadcaster, speaker and author. She is the resident food historian on BBC Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet.
Andrew Hann is head of the historians team at English Heritage. He specialises in country houses and historic gardens and landscapes, with a focus on the 18th and 19th centuries. He is an economic and social historian, and has published on the history of shopping, urban and industrial change, slavery and the country house, and servant life.