The Jane Austen Cookbook by Maggie Black and Deirdre Le Faye

The Jane Austen Cookbook doesn’t look promising (it’s skinny) but it turned out to be a lot of fun. This book talks about cooking in a historical context, and then gives recipes in both their original forms and updated forms. Someone with an interest in history can enjoy the history, and someone who wants to actually cook the stuff can do so in a pretty accessible manner, although I doubt you’ll be whipping up Ragoo of … Continue reading The Jane Austen Cookbook by Maggie Black and Deirdre Le Faye →