Afternoon Tea Book

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Description: When the seventh Duchess of Bedford, too greedy to wait for dinner, began to indulge in mid-afternoon feasts in her boudoir, the custom soon caught on. Concealing screens were cast aside and Afternoon Tea became the fashionable pastime for ladies of nineteenth-century English society. 

Now Michael Smith, whom the New York Times has dubbed "the doyen of English cookery," brings to America a book that describes to you every aspect of the teatime ritual and allows you to re-create at home a complete English tea of your own. 

In The Afternoon Tea Book he traces the route of the ancient tea trade from mainland China and northern India to western Europe and the British Isles. He describes the many impedimenta, accouterments, and social niceties that grew up around tea drinking in England. And, of course, he provides a complete collection of traditional recipes (all created specifically for the American kitchen) for sandwiches, Bath Buns, scones, crumpets, Queen's Cake, Gentlemen's Relish, and many, many more. 

The Afternoon Tea Book will leave you longing to put on your tea gown and waltz to the music of a string quartet at a gala the dansant. 

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Condition: Good condition.