Vicky Straker: 2 books
Bicycles, Bloomers and Great War Rationing Recipes
The Life and Times of Dorothy Peel OBE
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
The remarkable life and culinary career of the Martha Stewart of World War–era Britain.
Dorothy Peel played a key role in creating wartime recipes for householders and was awarded an OBE in 1918 for services to the Ministry of Food. In this fascinating book, Vicky Straker explores the social...
Afternoon Tea
A History and Guide to the Great Edwardian Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
The Edwardian era was the golden age of etiquette and gentility, and the taking of tea was rather like a ceremonial masquerade. At this time, it was not uncommon for ladies to change up to five times a day, and one of their outfits would have been a tea dress. Tea was the only time the mistress of...