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As glasse explains in the preface the. It was a best seller for over a hundred years and made glasse one of the best known cookery writers of the eighteenth century. The art of cookery written by hannah glasse was published in 1747.
Food and drink in regency england the art of cookery history of tea in britain about the art of cookery. The detail she provides in her novels is exceptional but it often leaves the uninitiated wondering just what is orgeat or ratafia or negus or madeira or port what is a cordial or a posset what does a baked egg taste like. One of georgette heyer s greatest talents was the way she immersed herself in the period.
Food and drink in regency england by laura wallace. There was interest enough in food skills that by 1765 hanna glasse s the art of cookery made plain and easy had gone into nine editions selling for five shillings if bound. Regency england was also an era that enjoyed its food.
By the eighteenth century dinner was eaten at about 3 00pm by the early nineteenth century lunch what palmer in moveable feasts calls the furtive snack had. Meals tended over time to be eaten later and later in the day. In the beginning of the sixteenth century in england dinner the main meal of the day used to begin at 11 00am.
I am always very careful about things like that but having spent extra time at home lately i have subsequently spent extra time in the kitchen. Being cooped up in the house these past few months has me constantly worried about food safety and cross contamination. Hi there my darlings.
Food safety in regency england.
