The official cookbook based on the hit series discover mouthwatering recipes that will
transport you into the genteel world of Downton Abbey. The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook
presents over 100 recipes that showcase the cookery of the Crawley household – from upstairs
dinner party centrepieces to downstairs puddings and pies – and bring an authentic slice of
Downton Abbey to modern kitchens and Downton fans. Whether adapted from original recipes
of the period replicated as seen or alluded to on screen or typical of the time all the
recipes reflect the influences found on the Downton Abbey tables. Food historian Annie Gray
gives a warm and fascinating insight into the background of the dishes that were popular
between 1912 and 1926 when Downton Abbey is set – a period of tremendous change and
conflict as well as culinary development. The recipes are grouped by occasion which
include breakfast luncheons and suppers afternoon tea and garden parties picnics shoots
and racemeets festivities upstairs dinner desserts and canapés downstairs dinner
downstairs supper and tea and the still room. From the upstairs dinner menu: Caviar Croutes
Chicken Vol-au-Vents Cucumber Soup Trout in Port-Wine Sauce Quail and Watercress Champagne
Jelly From the downstairs dinner menu: Toad-in-the-Hole Beef Stew with Dumplings Steamed
Treacle Pudding Jam and Custard Tarts Gingerbread Cake With a foreword by Gareth Neame
executive producer and co-creator of Downton Abbey and featuring over 100 stunning colour
photographs many taken on the set of Downton Abbey and using the original glassware and
china The Downton Abbey Cookbook also includes a special section on hosting Downton -themed
dinner parties and includes stills from across the TV series as well as the latest film.
Notes on the etiquette and customs of the times quotes from the characters and
descriptions of the scenes in which the foods appear provide rich context for the dishes. With
these and more historic recipes savour the rich traditions and flavours of Downton Abbey
without end.
