The Art of Dining: The History of Cooking and Eating (National Trust Food)

The pictures in the book have been invaluable for projects other than cooking. The recipes are fun. I love this book so much I bought it as a present for another cook.

Beautiful pictures, great reading.

Plenty of information of interest to anyone interested in the material culture, etiquette, gastronomy related to dining.Very happy with purchase.

This is a very interesting book but be warned that it is so heavy that it is difficult to read eaxcept sitting at a table. Shame.

Really interesting. Lots of insight and useful illustrations.

However, being a professional, I am a museum curator at a historical museum, I find this book both informative and inspiering and it's been truly helpful in my creating of both exhibitions and lectures at the museum but I'm sure this book with it's many beautiful illustrations and exciting recepies will be a hit for any person interested in cooking/food history!

I bought this book because I was researching cooking and diet in Georgian England. It has been extremely helpful and also very interesting! Paston-Williams obviously has a passion for historical cooking and it shows in her writing. She includes recipes and information about historical trends, as well as many details of daily life that really give you a sense of what it might be like to be an aristocrat in historical England. Unfortunately, this book doesn't say much about the diet of the lower and middle classes, as Paston-Williams admits. It does include an abundance of color photographs and period illustrations. It's factual, detailed, and fun to read!

A good book for food/culinary historians

Love any book that is about food and food history. This is a good read with good information. Worth the time.