Cooking and the Crown

Cooking and the Crown: Royal Recipes from Queen Victoria to King Charles III

By Tom Parker-Bowles

Tom Parker Bowles, award-winning food writer, restaurant critic, and son of Queen Camilla, blends history, monarchy, and gastronomy to provide a fascinating window into the world of royal tastes and traditions as far back as Victorian times.

Cooking and the Crown showcases an abundance of beloved royal recipes for all seasons, everyday occasions, and celebrations of all kinds, from breakfasts, picnic lunches and dinners to coronations and state banquets, including:
 
Breakfast: Queen Camilla’s Porridge, Herrings Fried in Oatmeal and Kedgeree
Lunch: George V’s Curry, Buckingham Palace Mutton Pies
Tea: Queen Mary’s Birthday Cake, Sandwiches a la Regance, and Welsh Teabread
Dinner: The King’s Wet Martini, Sardine Diable Savouries
Dessert:
 Bombe Glacée Princess Elizabeth

Punctuating the delectable recipes are essays offering behind-the-scenes peeks into the histories of kitchen suppers, garden parties, Coronations, and State banquets, as well as tales of the chefs, customs, and predilections of royal kitchens.

240 pages

7.8" x 10.5" x .85"

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