The Country House Kitchen (History)

The National Trust, Pamela Sambrook, Peter C.D. Brears

ISBN 10: 075090884X / ISBN 13: 9780750908849

Editore: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1996

The Country House Kitchen (History) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. . Codice articolo 7719-9780750908849

Riassunto:

Country houses were formerly self-sufficient to a degree not easy for us to understand today, requiring a considerable range of purpose-built accommodation for food provision and a hierarchy of servants with particular skills. This book, compiled by experts on the history of food and domestic skills and techniques, offers a comprehensive, fully illustrated survey of how country houses were provided for.
All the varied activities associated with food provision are considered in detail, including brewing, baking, dairy-work, distilling and ice-storage. Also discussed are the evolution of the cooking fire and the kitchen range, cooking vessels and gadgets and the kitchen staff who used them, the layout of the areas behind the green baize door, and the relationship between kitchen, serving room and dining-room.
Most of the houses mentioned in the book still exist and are open to the public. Many are under the care of the National Trust which has been busy restoring their 'domestic offices' over recent years.

Product Description: Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of the noted food and wine critic Hugo Dunn-Meynell with his bookplate. Physical description; xi, 266 p. : ill., plans ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography and index. Summary; An overview of the working elements of the country house kitchen, looking at the evolution of the cooking fire and the range, cooking vessels and gadgets and the staff who used them, providing insight into the realities of life below stairs in the great country houses of Britain. Subjects; Home economics - Great Britain - History. Kitchens - Great Britain - History. Great Britain - Social conditions. Kitchens - History. Great Britain. Kitchens - Country Houses - (1650-1900) - Design History. country houses. kitchens. food. British & Irish history: (c 1500 to c 1700) ; Home & house maintenance ; Social & cultural history ; Palaces, chateaux, country houses. England ; (c 1600 to c 1700) ; (c 1700 to c 1800) ; (c 1800 to c 1900). Cooking / History. Home economics ; Great Britain ; History ; Kitchens ; Kitchen utensils. Genre; Illustrated.

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Titolo: The Country House Kitchen (History)
Casa editrice: Sutton Publishing Ltd
Data di pubblicazione: 1996
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good