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Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book: Revived and Illustrated by Weslie Janeway, Dusha Bateson (Hardback, 2008)

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While husband Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species changed the way we viewed evolution, there was ather book, written by a different Darwin, that shed light on Victorian style, taste, and family life. Unkwn to the general public until w, Mrs. Charles Darwin compiled a cookery tebook filled with culinary instruction and personal anecdotes about everyday life in the Darwin household. Featuring facsimile representations of Emma's original recipes, each one tested by authors Dusha Bateson and Weslie Janeway, 'Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book, Revived and Illustrated' offers a rare glimpse behind the kitchen and dining-room doors of one of the Victorian era's most eminent families.

Product Identifiers

PublisherG Arts LLC
ISBN-100980155738
ISBN-139780980155730
eBay Product ID (ePID)96791752

Product Key Features

Book TitleMrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book
Number of Pages175 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicIndividual Artists / Artists' Books, Popular Culture, General
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Cooking
AuthorDusha Bateson
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in
Item Weight33.2 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width8.2 in
Height241mm
Width215mm
Weight939g

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
Place of PublicationNew York
Spine24mm
Country of PublicationUnited States
Author BiographyDusha Bateson studied history at England's Cambridge University. She lives with her husband, the biologist Sir Patrick Bateson in East Suffolk, England. Weslie Janeway studied history and politics at Barnard College and Brown University and lives with her husband and son variously between Cambridge, England, New York City, and the coast of Maine. Janet Browne is Aramont Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University. Her book, 'Charles Darwin: The Power of Place', was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pfizer Prize, and the Royal Society of Literature Prize. She lives in Boston, MA. Nach Waxman is the owner of New York City's renowned Kitchen Arts & Letters, America's largest bookstore devoted completely to the subjects of food and wine.
Content Note100 Colour

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