As the weather gets cooler, craving for comfort foods increases. This is a great downstairs dish which stretches your food budget, using whatever vegetables you have on hand (even frozen) to add to chicken. Comforting Chicken Pot Pie As the weather gets cooler, craving … [Read more...] about Comforting Chicken Pot Pie
Dining Upstairs or Down
Downton’s Cucumber Soup
This a great recipe to use up your bumper crop of cucumbers. The original recipe appeared in Eliza Acton's Modern Cookery for Private Families, a best selling book in the 19th century, and now has a new life featured in the new Official Downton Abbey Cookbook. Bonus is that this … [Read more...] about Downton’s Cucumber Soup
Mrs. Beeton’s Meatloaf
While you may think of meatloaf as a 1950s innovation, it actually dates back to Roman times. This recipe comes from Mrs. Beeton, the first Domestic Goddess from her best selling book “Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Cookery and Household Management”, published in 1861. Mrs. Beeton's … [Read more...] about Mrs. Beeton’s Meatloaf
Princess Diana’s Favorite Bread Pudding is a Show Stopping Dessert
Princess Diana, known as the "People's Princess," had a surprisingly humble favourite dessert that captured the essence of her down-to-earth personality: bread and butter pudding. This classic British treat, prepared by her personal chef Darren McGrady, was more than just a … [Read more...] about Princess Diana’s Favorite Bread Pudding is a Show Stopping Dessert
Low-Fat Chocolate Soufflé
Soufflé literally means "puffed up," in French, and is a culinary term for a light, frothy dish, just stiff enough to hold its shape, and which may be savory or sweet, hot or cold. The basic hot souffle is based on a roux--a cooked mixture of flour and butter--and then … [Read more...] about Low-Fat Chocolate Soufflé
