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We are thrilled to welcome Tom Parker Bowles to the Wirral.
Elevenses with Tom will be an in conversation event followed by a book signing .
Coffee and Cake will be available to purchase on the day from the venue.
Spanning over 150 years of royal cuisine, Cooking and the Crown combines gastronomy and history to hugely enjoyable effect and showcases recipes both lavish and intimate.
Blending history, monarchy, and gastronomy, Tom Parker Bowles guides the reader on an adventure across royal culinary history
From breakfasts, picnic lunches and dinners, to coronations and state banquets, Cooking and the Crown showcases an abundance of beloved royal recipes for all seasons and occasions. Sophisticated creations feature alongside dishes of surprising simplicity, combining historical insights with modern tastes.
Each chapter is accompanied by fascinating tales of royal kitchens, chefs and culinary traditions. Weaving together material from the royal archives, contemporary accounts and personal insight, Tom Parker Bowles paints a vivid picture of royal tastes and traditions, as far back as Victorian times.
CONTENTS INCLUDE:
Breakfast
Queen Camilla’s porridge; Herrings fried in oatmeal; Kedgeree
Lunch
Salmon fishcakes; George V’s curry; Buckingham Palace mutton pies
Tea
Queen Mary’s birthday cake; Sandwiches a la Regance; Welsh teabread
Dinner
The King’s wet martini; Oeufs drumkilbo; Sardine diable savouries
Pudding
Bombe Glacée Princess Elizabeth; Rod grod; Mango melba
Tom Parker Bowles has been an award-winning food writer for over 20 years, is the author of eight books on food (including the bestselling Fortnum & Mason cookbooks) and is the restaurant critic for The Mail on Sunday. He is also a contributing editor for Esquire, Country Life and Condé Nast Traveller, plus a regular judge on the BBC’s Masterchef. Tom is a godson of King Charles III, and his mother, Camilla, is Queen.