Barnes & NobleThe official Downton Abbey Cookbook by Annie Gray

Visually Driven, Educational + High Quality

Quick Summary — A sizable cookbook styled after the hit British TV series Downton Abbey, written by a leading food historian. Lots of high quality photographs from the show and of the recipes What you’ll get from this book Written by a leading food historian, Dr. Annie Gray, this book provides: 100+ recipes reflecting the food inspired by DA, the time period, etc Historical notes and facts about the food, etiquette, design, etc of everything culinary Lots of very high quality photographs of food and scenes/characters of DA Some examples of the recipes & food included in the book Broken into sections of Upstairs and Downstairs, reflecting socioeconomic differences in dishes Upstairs Breakfast — Truffled Eggs, English Muffins Lunch — Lobster Cutlets, Cornish Pastry Afternoon Tea — Fairy Cake Baskets, Victoria Sandwich, Scones Picnics — Sausage Rolls Festive Food for Holidays — Yule Log, Hot Cross Buns Dinner — Lots of Starters, Soups, Fish, Entrees, Sauces, Veg, Desserts Downstairs Dinner — Toad in the Hole, Beef Stew, Treacle Tart Supper / Tea — Digestive Biscuits, Cottage Loaf The Still Room — Apple Cheese, Pickled Green Tomatoes, Flavored Butters There are tons of pictures. Very easy to follow recipes. Very clear on instructions and ingredients. Accessible to most skill levels, some recipes require a bit more effort than others or a special pan or two. Added benefit is the historical context — adding extra facts to the DA story shows how much effort went into the series to be historically appropriate. It’s awesome