'a fascinating insight into a culinary world that has disappeared forever' The Sunday Times 'informative ...fascinatingly illustrated' Country Life The kitchen was very much the heart of the home in country houses the length and breadth of Britain. Although, this hive of activity was kept behind clo[...]
The film Gosford Park has demonstrated the complexity of running a country house and its estate. Imagine how much more complex the same exercise was a century and a half earlier, when all tasks had to be performed by hand and communications were difficult. In this fascinating book, Pamela Sambrook f[...]