The Jane Austen Cookbook

The introduction discusses Jane’s own interest in food, as shown both in the novels and in her letters, and the importance of mealtimes and entertaining in the social life of her period (1775-1817), with the complete contents of Martha Lloyd’s Household Book and the history of the manuscript, now in Jane Austen’s House at Chawton, Hampshire. Delightful line drawings, prints and watercolours from contemporary sources illustrate the book.