num_pages: 127
description: Drinking with Dickens is a light-hearted sketch by Cedric Dickens the great-grandson of Charles Dickens. There are vivid and memorable drinking scenes in Dickens' books and Drinking with Dickens abounds in recipes many based on the drinks of Dickensian England and America: Bishop Dog's Nose Hot Bowl Punch Milk Punch Mint Julep Sherry Cobbler Shrub and Negus to mention only a few. Unbelievably it seems to be the first book on this vast and important subject and Cedric has added some recipes and experiences of his own.The Victorian sources include a penny notebook dated 1859 and kept by Auntie Georgie Georgina Hogarth when she was looking after the younger children of Charles Dickens at Gads Hill. It starts with a recipe for Ginger Beer a teetotal drink which calls for a quart of brandy!Then there is the catalogue for the sale of Gads Hill after Charles Dickens died which shows what was in the cellar at that time.This book transcends the generations. Cedric with an eye for people and detail describes a whole series of joyous episodes where drink wisely taken has been the catalyst.
language: English
title: Drinking with Dickens
publisher: New Amsterdam Books