Setting a Fine Table: Historical Desserts and Drinks from the Officers' Kitchens at Fort York examines historical desserts and drinks from the officers’ kitchens at Fork York, the national historical site in Toronto.
The book features 32 recipes from cookbooks that are hundreds of years old, such as The Cook Not Mad and The Compleat Confectioner. All the recipes include the original historic recipe as well as its modern equivalent. Each recipe is introduced by an explanation of why it was chosen, how it would have been used at the Fort in the past and how it is used at the Fort today. With beautiful photographs as well as a bibliography of the historic cookbooks from which the recipes were drawn, this book will appeal to anyone interested in historic cooking and Canadian history.
Co-author Elizabeth Baird is renowned for her food writing and editing at Canadian Living magazine and she was recently named to the Order of Canada for her contributions to the promotion of Canada’s food heritage. She worked on this book with culinary historian, Bridget Wranich of Fort York National Historic Site.
- Author: Elizabeth Baird, Bridget Wranich
- Paperback: 144 pages
- Dimensions: 15.24 x 1.27 x 20.32 cm
- Publisher: Whitecap Books; 1 edition (October 31, 2013)