Comments on: Advice to a young lady

By: Salmagundy (in all its variations) | The Cook and the Curator | Sydney Living Museums

Wed, 04 Feb 2015 22:00:32 +0000

[…] the table. A popular dish in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century cookbooks, and recommended by ‘Mrs E’ to Maria Macarthur to serve at a formal dinner, salmagundy seems to have disappeared from the menu in Victorian […]

By: How to host a Regency breakfast | The Cook and the Curator | Sydney Living Museums

Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:03:07 +0000

[…] menu plan given to Maria Macarthur by her godmother, Mrs Samuel Enderby, in 1812 (you might recall other blog stories that have referred to this useful historical resource). Although 1812 is a little early for […]

By: “One might have danced a Reel between the dishes” | The Cook and the Curator | Sydney Living Museums

Wed, 03 Sep 2014 23:01:17 +0000

[…] in the early 1800s. Certainly they were appearing on the finer tables in England – Mrs E’s letter to Maria Macarthur in 1812, which contained a selection of menus and advice on entertaining in polite society at the […]

By: The cloth is removed – it’s time for dessert! | The Cook and the Curator | Sydney Living Museums

Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:02:46 +0000

[…] of the architect/builder John Verge, for the dining room of another great colonial house – ‘Vineyard’. Here’s a dessert laid out in a recreation at Vaucluse House – using bright green […]

By: Louise

Louise — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:07:40 +0000

I have this book and love it. A true labour of love by Mrs E, even if she does hide a sting in a tail or 2. I cannot imagine how long it would have taken to write such a letter!
Thank you for a lovely blog, only recently found but treasured already!

By: Ineke Henskens

Ineke Henskens — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:19:01 +0000

Thank you to the contributors of this blog – I am really enjoying reading each instalment and learning more about the domestic side of Australian history.