{"product_id":"the-bloomsbury-cookbook-by-jans-ondaatje-rolls-9780500297933","title":"The Bloomsbury Cookbook","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A meticulous and lavishly illustrated account of the food of the Bloomsbury set ... summons up a lost world of meals on trays, milk puddings, gin slings and kedgeree'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e explores how the Bloomsbury Group fostered a fresh, creative, and vital way of living that encouraged debate and communication (\"only connect\"), often across the dining table. Gathered at these tables were many of the great figures in art, literature, and economics in the early twentieth century, including E. M. Forster, Roger Fry, J. M. Keynes, Lytton Strachey, and Virginia Woolf, among many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bloomsbury story is told in seven broadly chronological chapters, beginning in the 1890s and finishing in the very recent past. Each chapter comprises a series of narratives, many of which are enhanced with an appropriate recipe. The book also includes sketches, paintings, photographs, letters, and handwritten notes, featuring original quotations throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart cookbook, part social and cultural history, \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to lovers of food and lovers of literature alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833601904876,"sku":"9780500297933","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2800193482366.jpg?v=1758467018","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-bloomsbury-cookbook-by-jans-ondaatje-rolls-9780500297933","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}