Altogether 23 … menus are given, and great fun they are too… for the many people who are interested in both Jane Austen and cookery [the book] can be enjoyable and instructive to dip into.

The Jane Austen Society News Letter

[A]n enticing account of the entire gastronomic spectrum … The book is a must… For the recipes, each section is given a light historic note, then a personal angle from one of Austen's characters, then each recipe is prefaced by an irresistible quotation from a novel or letter. It is the choice of these excerpts which gives the book its charm, and makes it a sheer delight.

JASA Chronicle

Cooking with Jane Austen….[s]hows how Austen drew upon her domestic experience to color her works. Readers of Austen know food is central to her novels: Cooking with Jane Austen packs in not only recipes for the dishes featured in her works, but discusses their background, appearance in her writings, and importance to her times. A compelling, unique coverage.

Midwest Book Review

A must have for schools and libraries where Austen or the Regency period is part of the curriculum.

VOYA

Anyone who believes the maxim you are what you eat might expect Austen's diet to have consisted only of tart foods, but this volume, which is full of recipes for roasted meats, puddings and pies, proves otherwise. The text begins with introductory chapters on cooking and eating in Austen's time, and then provides recipes referenced in Austen's novels or popular in her day. Each chapter and recipe includes extracts from Austen's works and from cookbooks of the period, accompanied by modernized recipes.

Reference & Research Book News

[D]eals with the food culture of Austen's times and adapts recipes for such dishes as stewed cucumbers, pigeons in a ragout of crawfish, and the sinister-sounding liver and crow.

Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin