{"product_id":"dinners-for-beginners","title":"Dinners for Beginners","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 359px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/this_is_the_final_version_of_Dinners.jpg?v=1593111304\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e304pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781903155868\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDinners for Beginners\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is our eighth cookbook. It came out in 1934, the same year as \u003cem\u003eThe Country Housewife’s Book\u003c\/em\u003e by Lucy H Yates. Both books were suggested to us by Persephone readers, one by the owner of a working farm in Kent (\u003cem\u003eThe Country Housewife's Book\u003c\/em\u003e) and one by a busy young teacher (\u003cem\u003eDinners for Beginners\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe premise of the book is that it is for ‘people who know nothing about cooking. At the same time it is intended for all those – whether they can cook or not – who appreciate good food and like to entertain their friends, but cannot afford to spend more than a strictly limited amount of money on housekeeping.. The authors have tried to write a cookery book that EXPLAINS EVERYTHING. No knowledge is taken for granted. The beginner is not expected to know by the light of nature how to make gravy, sauces or pastry; she is told when the lid of a saucepan or fireproof dish ought to be on and when it should be off.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book contains 109 recipes and 28 menus of dinners for four people, seven for each season of the year, at a total cost of 5\/-. This is about £15 nowadays and indeed it would be possible (if one excluded wine, cheese and coffee as the Ryans have done) to feed four people on £15. Here are some of the menus for autumn: Squab Pie (made with stewing lamb and vegetables), corn on the cob and baked pears; chicken in white sauce, braised celery, cheese potatoes and lemon cream; rabbit, cauliflower, blackberry pudding and junket; jugged hare with vegetables and rice and pineapple cream; and whiting with spaghetti and chocolate pudding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDinners for Beginners\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was written at a time when the working girl, or the bachelor, or the new wife could no longer rely on having someone to do the cooking for them. It would have been a perfect book for Felicity in \u003cem\u003eGreenery Street \u003c\/em\u003e(1925) or Catherine in \u003cem\u003eHostages to Fortune\u003c\/em\u003e (1933) or indeed Rose in \u003cem\u003eHouse-Bound \u003c\/em\u003e(1942) and will be ideal nowadays for anyone wanting to cook delicious meals using traditional English recipes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003eA 1932 linen designed by Duncan Grant for Allan Walton Textiles. This \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003ecolourway for ‘Grapes’ (cf. \u003cem\u003eGood Things in England\u003c\/em\u003e, PB no. 10) was possibly never put into production. We also have a sample in pink which again may never have been manufactured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePicture Caption\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOriginal cover of 'Dinners for Beginners'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rachel and Margaret Ryan","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098770067763,"sku":"stz1789694533982","price":27.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098770100531,"sku":"nrx1789694533983","price":30.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098770133299,"sku":"dpx1789694533984","price":33.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098770166067,"sku":"tku1789694533985","price":50.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/dinners-for-beginners_1.jpg?v=1789694538","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/dinners-for-beginners","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}