Rossi-Wilcox, Susan M. <br/><br/>
Dinner for Dickens :  the culinary history of Mrs Charles Dickens's menu books ; including a transcript of What shall we have for dinner? by 'Lady Maria Clutterbuck / 
Susan M. Rossi-Wilcox. 
 - 376 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/> Lady Maria Clutterbuck is a pseudonym used by Catherine Dickens. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (page 315) and index. 
<br/><br/> Foreword /  What shall we have for dinner? : a transcript --  The history of Catherine Dickens's menu books --  Lady Maria Clutterbuck's menu books : their publication and authorship --  Catherine Thomson Hogarth Dickens --  Catherine and Charles in the wider world --  The Dickens household --  Dinner chez Dickens --  Amateur dramatics and lady Clutterbuck --  The ingredients of what shall we have for dinner? --  Soups and seafood --  Meats, game, dairy goods and condiments --  Vegetables, fungi and fruit --  Sweet and savoury conclusions.  Lillian Nayder --  I.  II.  III.  IV.  V.  VI.  VII.  VIII.  IX.  X. 
<br/><br/> "The little book What Shall We Have For Dinner? Satisfactorily Answered by Numerous Bills of Far for from Two to Eighteen Persons is the only known book by Catherine, wife of England's best-known novelist Charles Dickens. It was first published in 1851 and went through several editions until 1860. It contained a large number of suggested menus for dinners for all sorts of parties and family groups, as well as a few useful recipes for things she thought needed explanation." "Susan M. Rossi-Wilcox offers us a transcript of the 1852 edition of this book with an extended commentary on its composition and contents, as well as placing it in the context of the home life of Charles and Catherine Dickens."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1903018382 9781903018385 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005472251 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Dickens, Catherine, 1815-1879 <br/>Dickens, Catherine, 1815-1879.  What shall we have for dinner?. <br/>Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dinners and dining--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Cooking, British--History--19th century.<br/>Food writing--History--Great Britain--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TX737  / .R67 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>641.092