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Tea With Jane Austen

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Translate  Tea With Jane Austen By Kim Wilson The title of Tea With Jane Austen conjures up the most delightful fantasy: sitting comfortably by the fire in the breakfast parlor at Chawton Cottage as Jane Austen pours one a cup of steaming, fragrant tea and passes a plate of muffins and jam, then settles in [...]

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The Georgian Breakfast

A look at the changing times and menus of the most important meal of the day.

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An Easy but Certain Cure for Consumption

Another great recipe from Martha Lloyd

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Steep a Perfect Cup of Tea

Step by step instructions

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The Regent’s or George the Fourth’s Punch

Prinny’s own recipe for a delightfully refreshing punch.

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A Proper Cup of Coffee

The history of and detailed instructions for…

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Ginger Tea

ginger tea

An easy to make and delicious drink

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Lemon Acid

Translate  In an age dominated by “instant” and ready made food, it is amusing to find advertisements, like the following, from the May, 1814 issue of Ackerman’s Repository, for early forms of “fast food”. In this case, the product is Lemon Acid, more commonly known as citric acid. Citric acid was first isolated in 1784 [...]

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Clotted cream

The staple of a Devonshire Tea

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What’s in a Janeite?

Rudyard Kipling

All this talk about Janeites – what are they?

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