I would have liked more information about day-to-day life, cooking for and serving the royal family. I’m not looking for tales, but anecdotes, relationships between the staff... ( )

If you want to know what the Queen eats or what Princess Diana ate this is the book for you. It was written by one of the royal chefs who then went to work as the private chef of Princess Diana.

The book is broken down into 7 chapters: The Royal Year, Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, HMY Britannia, Balmoral Castle, Ssandringham House, & Kensington Palace.

Recipes include, but are not limited to: earl Grey Tea Cake, Herbed Crepes w/ Goat Cheese & Honeyed Salmon, Raspberry Tartlets, Beef Wellington, Choux a'la Cherbourg, Cheese Souffle, Isle of Wight Pudding, Old English Apple Pie, Chicken & Leek Pie, and Iced Coffee.

Wonderful recipes, easy to follow combined with mementos, invitations, & personal photographs.

This is a keeper.
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I read this book with interest since he was actually the cook. He had great little stories about his time in Diana's employ. I love cookbooks so the receipes were a hit with me. Some of the dishes were a little exotic but since they love them in England I would probably try them just to say I had experienced English cuisine. They could probably say the same about American food. ( )