Food and cooking in Victorian England : a history /
Andrea Broomfield.
- xvii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Victorian life and times, 1932-944X .
- Victorian life and times. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192) and index.
Important dates in English Victorian culinary history -- The industrial roots of Victorian cooking -- Much depends on toast: making and serving breakfast in the Victorian middle-class home -- Luncheon or dinner? : the Victorian midday meal -- "An invention of comparatively recent date" : afternoon tea -- "The chief meal of the day" : the Victorian working-class tea -- The effects of industrial and technological innovation on dinner a la Francaise, 1830-1870 -- The multiple meanings and purposes of dinner a la Russe, 1880-1900 -- The holidays, celebrations, and other festivities -- Victorian recipes.