An overview of the working elements of the country house kitchen, looking at the evolution of the cooking fire and the range, cooking vessels and gadgets and the staff who used them, providing insight into the realities of life below stairs in the great country houses of Britain.
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An overview of the working elements of the country house kitchen, looking at the evolution of the cooking fire and the range, cooking vessels and gadgets and the staff who used them, providing insight into the realities of life below stairs in the great country houses of Britain.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. 7 1/8" X 9 7" Published in association with the National Trust, this book is a collection of papers presented to the 1993 and 1994 Leeds Symposium on Food History, an illustrated survey of how country houses were provided for in terms of food preparation, compiled by experts on the history of food and domestic skills; includes many illustrations, charts, and diagrams (black textured cloth with gold lettering, photo of a country house kitchen on the end papers; dark blue dust jacket with photo of a Hampshire country house kitchen on the front has sight shelf wear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment)
