Andrew Hann
Andrew Hann
History | English Heritage
Andrew Hann is head of the historians team at English Heritage. He specialises in country houses and historic gardens and landscapes, with a focus on the 18th and 19th centuries. He is an economic and social historian, and has published on the history of shopping, urban and industrial change, slavery and the country house, and servant life. Andrew has worked on Audley End since 2007, and was the historical lead on the reinterpretation of the service wing and the live interpretation at Audley.
HOW TO COOK THE VICTORIAN WAY WITH MRS CROCOMBE
HOW TO COOK THE VICTORIAN WAY WITH MRS CROCOMBE
‘An absolute delight from cover to cover. Having slogged through all 1000+ pages of Mrs Beeton in a state of near-constant bewilderment, I deeply appreciated the notes and modernization on each page of Mrs Crocombe. Everyone who is interested in Victorian cookery, YouTube fan or not, should start here.’
HENRY
‘Wonderful book. Catches you in a world of Victorian England with some of the recipes, and at the end of the book is a section of the recipes in her original writing together with the spelling errors and corrections which are charming. Don’t think I will be making the brain cakes, but wonderful historical references and pictures of all the people mentioned in the various videos that people will have seen.’
JUDE
MORE READER REVIEWS
‘This is an extraordinary coffee table cookbook. You not only get the backstory to the original cookbook, written by a descendant, you get a biography of Avis Crocombe. The recipes are primarily upscale manor house recipes, although the last chapters deal with nursery foods, invalid foods, and “the poor” … Very cool.’
LIBBY
‘The most perfect blend of history and cooking. I thoroughly enjoyed learning each titbit about how or why a certain food was prepared, or why it was named that way. There are quite a few recipes I would love to try. Perhaps a Victorian-esque tea party is in order?’
ALYSSA
SEE INSIDE THE BOOK
