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The Jane Austen Cookbook
The Jane Austen Cookbook | Deirdre Le Faye, Maggie Black
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Jane Austen wrote her novels in the midst of a large and sociable family. Brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews, friends and acquaintances were always coming and going, which offered numerous occasions for convivial eating and drinking. One of Janes dearest friends, Martha Lloyd, lived with the family for many years and recorded in her Household Book over 100 recipes enjoyed by the Austens. A selection of this family fare, now thoroughly tested and modernized for todays cooks, is recreated here, together with some of the more sophisticated dishes which Jane and her characters would have enjoyed at balls, picnics, and supper parties. A fascinating introduction describes Janes own interest in food, drawing upon both the novels and her letters, and explains the social conventions of shopping, eating, and entertaining in late Georgian and Regency England. The book is illustrated throughout with delightful contemporary line drawings, prints, and watercolours. Authentic recipes, modernized for todays cooks, include: Buttered Prawns Wine-Roasted Gammon and Pigeon Pie Broild Eggs White Soup and Salmagundy Pyramid Creams Marthas Almond Cheesecakes
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LeahBergen
LeahBergen
The Jane Austen Cookbook | Deirdre Le Faye, Maggie Black
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The current Jane Austen swap has had me looking through my own collection for the last couple of days. Today I sat down with a couple of my Austen(ish) cookbooks.

And after a nice big browse, what did I make? Banana bread from one of my regular old recipes! Why do I buy so many damn bananas? 😆

#AVeryAustenHolidaySwap

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Lynnsoprano Oh, I need at least one (probably all) of these 😂 And I promise not to send you any of our bananas. Our tree is prolific, but the bananas are awful. We figure if they don‘t taste good to eat straight up, they probably won‘t be good to bake with, even if we could get enough to ripen at the same time. That plant is too much work! 4y
Chrissyreadit OMG Leah!!! I love your book collection so much. You have the best books! 4y
rubyslippersreads This photo has me drooling, in more ways than one. 😂 4y
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Lindy Answer: because you love banana bread 😉 4y
Lindy @Lynnsoprano Is it possible that you have a plantain tree? Those only taste good after they‘ve been cooked. 4y
MsMelissa I love banana chocolate chip bread! I only like eating bananas when they are still a little green, so I always end up with leftovers since they brown too quickly for me to eat them. I haven‘t yet learned to just buy fewer bananas 😂 4y
batsy Mmm! This post is a reminder to make banana bread soon and buy more books! 😁 4y
alisiakae I also have Dinner With Mr Darcy. I haven't made anything from it yet, but I love looking at through it! 4y
erzascarletbookgasm @Book_Fiend_Melissa I love to add chocolate chips into my banana bread too! 😋 Such lovely collection you own, Leah. 😍 4y
Kalalalatja I love everything about this post 😂👌 4y
Reviewsbylola So fun! 4y
Gissy Love the colors and coordination of that photo!😍📚☕️ 4y
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CoffeeCatsBooks
CoffeeCatsBooks
The Jane Austen Cookbook | Deirdre Le Faye, Maggie Black
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Thank you @OriginalCyn620 ! 💕 I‘m really looking forward to going through the Jane Austen Cookbook. The Real Jane Austen looks very interesting and one I don‘t have. My mug is awesome and now I have both sets of the socks, 🧦 lol! Looking forward to playing with my bookmarks and getting into the sweets 🍫. #JaneAustenSwap

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CoffeeCatsBooks On a different note, @Booksnchill I still haven‘t received the next book to send on to you for #IKnowWhereYouLive book club 😳 @teebe (edited) 7y
sprainedbrain Lovely gifts! ❤️ 7y
mabell Is that a tote in the background? 😍 Love the cookbook! What a great idea! ❤️ 7y
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CoffeeCatsBooks @Mabel it‘s a throw. The cookbook looks very interesting and seems to go into the family as well. 7y
alisiakae Nice!! I plan on opening my #janeaustenswap package as soon as the sleeping cat laying on me decides to get up. 😹 7y
OriginalCyn620 I hope you enjoy everything! 🤗 7y
CoffeeCatsBooks @4thhouseontheleft Lol, when I open my eyes in the morning I normally have 2 sets of kitties staring me down for breakfast. They are definitely the first ones up! (edited) 7y
CoffeeCatsBooks @OriginalCyn620 I already am! Chocolate goes lovely with coffee! 🍫☕️ 7y
Booksnchill @coffeecatsbooks thanks for letting me know! No worries!🤣 7y
Elisa Oh wow, these are all really cool!!! That mug is stunning 😍 7y
CoffeeCatsBooks @Booksnchill Hey, I‘m out of town but my cat sitter took a pic of a package I received today and it looks like a #IKnowwhereyoulive one. I don‘t get back until the 15th, but once I get a chance to read it, I‘ll go ahead and send it to you since we are off schedule. 7y
Booksnchill @CoffeeCatsBooks good for me! Have fun! 7y
CoffeeCatsBooks @Booksnchill Hey, I sent you an email but thought I‘d tag you here in case it went into your spam folder. The package is ready to go to UPS but it seems I accidentally deleted the email w/ your address. Could you email me your address? Thanks!! 7y
CoffeeCatsBooks @Booksnchill Never mind! UPS was able to look it up for me. It went out today. 7y
Linear I love the cup 7y
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LeahBergen
LeahBergen
The Jane Austen Cookbook | Deirdre Le Faye, Maggie Black
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Yeah, and this is what they get to look forward to after all those romantic #weddings. 😂

Thanks for playing along with us this month!

#150PnPCoverParty

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DeborahSmall 😂😂 7y
Kalalalatja Perfect! 😂😂 7y
KVanRead I‘ve had so much fun! Thanks for hosting 😘 7y
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CrowCAH Food! Thanks for being an awesome co-host!!! 😘 7y
mrp27 😂😂 7y
mabell Hilariously cynical 😆😂 7y
LeahBergen @DeborahSmall @Kalalalatja @mrp27 @mabell I‘d definitely need to land someone with (c8,000 a year like Mr Darcy. ? 7y
LeahBergen @KVanRead Thank YOU. 😘 7y
LeahBergen @CrowCAH And thank YOU for asking me. It‘s been a ton of fun! 😘😘 7y
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CrowCAH
CrowCAH
The Jane Austen Cookbook | Deirdre Le Faye, Maggie Black
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#BonAppetit https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dPI-mRFEIH0 #AugustGrrrl @Cinfhen

Have yet to make any of the recipes, but they sure sound good!

LeahBergen I have this, too. It's a fun one!👍🏻 8y
DebinHawaii I made a couple of recipes from this book (with some heavy adapting) for the monthly film blogging event I take part in. Our movie was The Jane Austen Book Club. 😀It was fun! http://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/2015/12/apricot-marmalade-on-baguette-raspber... 8y
CrowCAH @DebinHawaii oh, wow, thanks for sharing your blog post! I was getting mighty thirsty! Lol. I've seen the movie and recently picked the book up at a used book sale. 8y
CrowCAH @LeahBergen my "all things Jane Austen" cohort, is there nothing JA you don't have?! Lol 8y
DebinHawaii @CrowCAH I picked probably the two easiest recipes of course. 😋This one was a case where I liked the movie better than the book but I really liked all the actors in it. 👍 8y
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LeahBergen
LeahBergen
The Jane Austen Cookbook | Deirdre Le Faye, Maggie Black
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#Fruit
I couldn't decide ... Austen or Bronte??
#MayBookFlowers

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saresmoore Both! These are so fun! But if I'm honest, I probably wouldn't be too keen to try many of the recipes. 8y
LeahBergen @saresmoore Nope. I read them strictly as historical curiosities! 😂 8y
Jess_Read_This How cool! Love these! 8y
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Hobbinol It would be so much fun to have a dinner party inspired by the recipes. 8y
Eyelit I'd say both because they represent two different time periods 😃 8y
batsy Oooh, I bet these are really fascinating! 8y
LeahBergen @Jess_Read_This ☺️ 8y
LeahBergen @Hobbinol Wouldn't it?? But it would have to be a costume party! 😂 8y
LeahBergen @Eyelit Exactly! 👍🏼 8y
LeahBergen @batsy They are! 😃 8y
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