Drinking with Dickens - Softcover

Dickens, Cedric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0941533344 ISBN 13: 9780941533348

Publisher: New Amsterdam Books, 1998

Synopsis

Drinking with Dickens is a light-hearted sketch by Cedric Dickens, the great-grandson of Charles Dickens. There are vivid and memorable drinking scenes in Dickens' books, and Drinking with Dickens abounds in recipes, many based on the drinks of Dickensian England and America: Bishop, Dog's Nose, Hot Bowl Punch, Milk Punch, Mint Julep, Sherry Cobbler, Shrub and Negus, to mention only a few. Unbelievably it seems to be the first book on this vast and important subject, and Cedric has added some recipes and experiences of his own.
The Victorian sources include a penny notebook dated 1859 and kept by "Auntie Georgie," Georgina Hogarth, when she was looking after the younger children of Charles Dickens at Gads Hill. It starts with a recipe for Ginger Beer, a teetotal drink which calls for a quart of brandy!
Then there is the catalogue for the sale of Gads Hill after Charles Dickens died which shows what was in the cellar at that time.
This book transcends the generations. Cedric, with an eye for people and detail, describes a whole series of joyous episodes where drink, wisely taken, has been the catalyst.

About this title

About the Author:

Cedric Dickens' knowledge of the inns of his great-grandfather's London is second to none, and he shares his forebear's taste for "delectable drinks," "enlivening fluids" and "glorious jorums."

Review:

If you like Dickens and drink, this is a pleasant, idle interlude. (The Boston Globe)

Drinking with Dickens is good fun, both as light reading and as a useful supplement to your library of mixology.... A combination of entertaining historical lore, quotations...and a collection of absolutely fascinating recipes. (John Linsenmeyer)

Recommended. (Food and Wine)

About this edition

• Publisher: New Amsterdam Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0941533344
• ISBN 13: 9780941533348
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 127