Afternoon Tea: A History

Name: Afternoon Tea: A History
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ISBN: 9781442271012

✍️ Skinner, Julia

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Food Writing & History

📚 EDITORIAL REVIEW

“Food historians and curious bakers will love this deep dive into the evolution of afternoon tea. If you are hunting for a quick, step-by-step baking manual with gorgeous glossy photos for tonight's dessert, you will find yourself wishing for more modern recipes.

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Skinner, Julia

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🏛 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 📅 2019 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9781442271012

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📝 Description: Afternoon Tea: A History

Afternoon Tea focuses on the history and development of afternoon tea. While other books focus on etiquette, recipes, or a few notable figures, this book offers a more in-depth consideration of the meal by discussing its intersections with English colonialism, its changes over...

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Rather than concentrating on table settings or recipes, the text dives into the meal's complex relationship with English colonialism and historical transformation. Readers looking for a practical recipe collection, step-by-step entertaining guides, or formal etiquette advice will find this volume unsuited to their needs. Instead, it serves as a focused historical narrative for those seeking academic depth over kitchen utility.

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⭐ eatbookfamily.com editorial review Editorial rating 4.5/5

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Food historians and curious bakers will love this deep dive into the evolution of afternoon tea. If you are hunting for a quick, step-by-step baking manual with gorgeous glossy photos for tonight's dessert, you will find yourself wishing for more modern recipes.

Reader rating

4.4

Based on 1 reviews

Eatbook Family editorial team

Rather than concentrating on table settings or recipes, the text dives into the meal's complex relationship with English colonialism and historical transformation. Readers looking for a practical recipe collection, step-by-step entertaining guides, or formal etiquette advice will find this volume unsuited to their needs. Instead, it serves as a focused historical narrative for those seeking academic depth over kitchen utility.

❓ Frequently asked questions

No, this text is a history-focused study of the meal's development rather than a heavily illustrated modern baking guide.

The primary focus is on the historical and cultural narrative of afternoon tea rather than a standard collection of tested kitchen recipes.

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📜 Historical context

This book explores the rich tradition of afternoon tea, tracing how this quintessential social ritual developed over time. Rather than focusing strictly on formal parlor etiquette or standard baking instructions, it examines the cultural roots of the meal and its complex historical ties to English colonialism.