mrselliebean's review against another edition
5.0
Love, love, love this book! I am a HUGE fan of the series and movies! I love the history, the stories, and the recipes in this book! Definitely happy to have added this to my collection, because it's something I always find myself going back to for fancy dinner ideas!
constancemn's review against another edition
4.0
I haven't actually ever watched Downton Abbey, but I have interest in the era and I like cookbooks, so I thought I'd check this out. It's a really fun mix of food/cookery info from Edwardian England, a little trivia from the show, and very interesting and achievable recipes. I finally have a solid idea what a lot of foods actually look and taste like when I have only heard them mentioned in 18th, 19th, and early 20th century novels. And I know how to recreate them with modern ingredients and tools! Beautiful photos; book has a built-in ribbon marker which I love in cookbooks.
toad_maiden's review against another edition
3.0
A long-awaited masterpiece. This is a media-based cookbook that really got it right. The recipes have a strong historical precedence and strong precedence in the show, and there are all kinds of fun Downtown snippets for fans. Wonderful book design, and text-heavy enough to feel like a coffee table book (in a good way). Early-twentieth-century English food is definitely not my thing, however, thus the three stars instead of four.
lohn's review against another edition
3.0
This was a really fun book to read, but I would never make anything out of it.
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