Research Catalog

Title

Dinner with Dickens : recipes inspired by the life and work of Charles Dickens / Pen Vogler.

Author

Vogler, Pen

Publication

• London : CICO Books, 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Description

176 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour); 24 cm

Summary

"Recipes and menus from the novels and the household of Charles Dickens, one of the world's favourite authors. Dinner with Dickens celebrates the food of Victorian England by recreating dishes the author wrote about with such gusto, and enjoyed in real life. Food in the novels not only creates character and comedy, but is also a means of highlighting social issues. A grand wedding breakfast skewers ostentation in a wealthy household. A bread-and-butter tea conjures honesty and companionship. The gruel given to hungry children exposes a cruel and unjust regime. The characters who throng Dickens novels are forever offering one another punch or seed biscuits; arranging a nice little supper of pickled salmon, salad and tea; showing concern with a roast fowl; or sisterly love with a painstakingly made beefsteak pudding. And, of course, there is the great feast of Christmas, celebrated in glorious style even by the impoverished Cratchits. At home, Dickens' wife Catherine helped him entertain, and published (under a pseudonym) her own book, What Shall We Have for Dinner?, with pages of menus or bills of fare for different sizes of party and the changing seasons. In Dinner with Dickens, Pen Vogler has fully updated recipes from contemporary Victorian cookbooks, including Catherine's own book. Clear instructions enable you to recreate mutton stuffed with oysters, Betsey Prig's Twopenny Salad, Dickens' own recipe for punch, and the Dickens family's Twelfth Cake. In addition there are features on topics such as Dickens Abroad, Shopping for Food, and Eating Out, with fascinating insights into housekeeping, entertaining, and social history."--

Alternative Title

Recipes inspired by the life and work of Charles Dickens

Subjects

• Cooking, English
• Literary cookbooks
• Literary cookbooks > England
• Cooking, English > History > 19th century
• Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 > Knowledge > Cooking

Genre/Form

Literary cookbooks.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 172) and index.

Call Number

JFE 18-5306

ISBN

• 1782494499
• 9781782494492

OCLC

1008958804

Author

Vogler, Pen, author.

Title

Dinner with Dickens : recipes inspired by the life and work of Charles Dickens / Pen Vogler.

Publisher

London : CICO Books, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 172) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-5306