DOWNTON ABBEY COOKBOOKS
Looking for inspiration for hosting a Downton party? Check out these cookbooks:
“Margaret Powell’s Cookery Book: 500 Upstairs Recipes from Everyone’s Favorite Downstairs Kitchen Maid and Cook” by Margaret Powell ($16.99, softcover, St. Martin’s Griffin)
“Recipes from an Edwardian Country House” by Jane Fearneley-Whittingstall ($16, softcover, Simon and Schuster)
“The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook” by Jane Ansara Baines ($21.95, hardcover, Adams Media Corporation)
“Abbey Cooks Entertain” by Pamela Foster ($7.95, Kindle, Pamela Powered Inc.)
“Edwardian Cooking: 80 Recipes Inspired by Downton Abbey’s Elegant Meals” by Larry Edwards ($12.99, ebook)
If only we all had Mrs. Patmore and Daisy in our kitchens to crack the eggs, bake the bread and serve us a perfectly prepared meal on a silver platter.
Think how deliciously spoiled we would be, dining like the Crawley family on fine French cuisine served by a staff dressed to the nines in white tie and tails.
Ahh, to dream.
For fans of “Downton Abbey,” it’s time to indulge in that dream again as the show’s fourth season made its debut Sunday on PBS.