The author of THE PRIDE AND PREJUDICE MOVIE COOKBOOK sent me a copy, and though I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, it looks like so much fun that I just had to share.
Playfully riffing off text from the novel and scenes from the movie versions of Austen's most beloved novel --and adding teensy dashes of culinary history just for fun--author Anne Derry has concocted a host of P&P-inspired recipes that evoke the Regency but are nevertheless fashioned for a 21st-century palate.
Just to give you a taste:
There's The White Menu (in honor of the white soup need for the Netherfield ball).
There's an entire series of recipes with the key ingredient being Guinness stout, inspired by the banter between Lizzy and Darcy on whether poetry is indeed the food of love and Lizzie's declaring that it is only so if the love is "fine, stout, [and] healthy."
There's even a zombie cocktail. And of course as Charlotte was wanted about the mince pies, there's a recipe for that as well.
Bon appetit, and please don't invite Mr. Collins to dinner. You may just get stuck sitting next to him.
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I know, Naida--it's crazy! When I first started writing Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, I had no idea there were any other Austen-inspired books out there other than Bridget Jones. And look what's happened in just a few years!
Posted by: Laurie Viera Rigler | May 08, 2012 at 03:37 PM
This looks cute! It's funny all the Austen-esque books out there. This is the first time I've seen a cookbook. I have seen a Jane Austen Crochet pattern book :P
Posted by: Naida | May 08, 2012 at 03:03 PM
How fabulous! Thanks for the review, I will have to check this out...it will also make a great gift for my fellow Austen lovers!
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