Broomfield, Andrea,

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.

0275987086 9780275987084

2007000069


Cooking, English--History
Cooking, British--History


Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901

TX717 / .B754 2007

641.50942