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Margaret Powell's Cookery Book: 500 Upstairs Recipes from Everyone's Favorite Downstairs Kitchen Maid and Cook
Margaret Powell's Cookery Book 500 Upstairs Recipes from Everyone's Favorite Downstairs Kitchen Maid and Cook Author:Margaret Powell In the national bestseller Below Stairs, Margaret Powell told readers what it was really like to work in the great houses of England.�In Margaret Powell's Cookery Book, she�gives readers a closer look at the world inside the�vast kitchens of these great houses. It's�an eye-opening and�mouthwatering snapshot of that world.�The�upstairs dining roo... more »m�always demanded the best of Continental cuisine and, cooking�downstairs, Margaret Powell obliged.�Her cookery book�is a firsthand account of�the way people�cooked and dined in the early twentieth century when houses like those in "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey" were fully staffed and running like clockwork. Describing�kitchen equipment such as the black ranges that had to be shined daily, the fancy moulds that needed�screen covers to keep out the flies and tubs of ice that were used instead of refrigerators, she�tells readers just how big a job it was to keep the upstairs dining table abundantly filled.�Giving away the secrets of the manor, she presents more than�500�recipes, from the simple to the sophisticated.�Divided into chapters such as Hors d'oeuvre, Soups, Fish, Entrees, Roasts and Meat Dishes , Savouries, Puddings and others, she shows readers today what it was like to eat�well, if you were�a member�of�England's upper class.� Classic, but simple,�dishes such as�Shepherd's Pie and Roast�Chicken Stuffed with�Herbs alternate with sophisticated fare and long-lost recipes like�Potatoes a la Florence, Rabbit Pilau, Compote of Snipe, Sardines a la Bombay and Queen Mab Pudding.�With her�trademark wit and gimlet�eye,�she tells readers what it was like to cook for her "betters" but she also states one thing proudly--"Food is more than just food. I like it be prepared and cooked well, and I like trouble taken over it."�Behind every well-fed family like�the Crawleys of "Downton Abbey"�or the Bellamys of "Upstairs, Downstairs" was a cook like Margaret Powell and, now, she invites readers everywhere to the feast.« less
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