#VictorianRecipes

Waitlist for 'The Recipe Book That Sustained a Life: Mary Allott's Victorian Story of Abandonment, Scandal, and Survival' - Helen Parker-Drabble | Author | Speaker | Former counsellor | Family histori... Victorian recipe book biography: Mary Allott's true story of abandonment, scandal & survival through 300+ recipes in 1860s Sheffield. Women's history meets culinary archaeology.

Mary's gingerbread:

Butter (pricier than meat)
Brandy (luxury)
White flour (not oats)

Maintaining status when her world collapsed.

Every ingredient: "I belong."

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