Supper for Today, 1876, in a London Townhouse Celery Soup – made with beef stock and cream Minced Veal – simmer cubed veal in cream, lemon, lemon peal, salt, and white pepper Corner vegetables – artichokes, asparagus, salsafy (salsify is the modern spelling – apparently its roots taste like oyster) Soufflé Pudding – sort of […]
Jul132017
Alexia’s London: Supper July 13, 1876 (Behind the Magic)
Jun302017
Werewolves & Tea or How Gail Handles The Sacred Leaf In A Modern Setting (Pu-erh)
So the werewolf love interest in my upcoming book, The Sumage Solution, has a bit of an obsession with tea. Which he takes very very seriously. Unlike me, his obsession is with all different kinds of high quality tea (as opposed to just English breakfast with milk). His favorite is Puerh. Which, frankly, I never know how […]
Apr242017
Alexia’s London: Supper April 24, 1876 (Behind the Magic)
Supper for Today, 1876, in a London Townhouse Salt fish, soaked in water to rehydrate and remove salt, boiled and served with boiled parsnips and egg-sauce (AKA hollandaise) Roasted fore-quarter lamb and currant jelly – sliced and served with orange juices, cayenne paper, salt, and butter drizzled over the top, jelly on the side. Asparagus […]
Mar112017
Alexia’s London: Supper March 11, 1876 (Behind the Magic)
Supper for Today, 1876, in a London Townhouse Winter pea soup made with beef broth and sweet herbs Veal pie made with breast of veal, sweet meats, nutmeg, salt, clove, oysters, and ham inside puff pastry and served with veal and cream gravy Boiled potatoes Custard pudding – lemon-peel, nutmeg, and bitter almond custard […]
Dec122016
12 Days Until Christmas, Finishing School Style, Plus Gift Ideas for the Gail Carriger Fan In Your Life (Miss Carriger Recommends)
12 days until Christmas, Gentle Reader, if that’s your thing. Here is a bit of fun from the Finishing School Tumblr. Something you can bake for others? Crustless White Chocolate Cheesecake. I made mine with added lemon rind. Dark Chocolate Orange Almond Cake. Both are naturally GF, which is to say the original recipe never called for […]
Dec42016
Alexia’s London: Supper Dec. 4, 1876 (Behind the Magic)
Supper for Today, 1876, in a London Townhouse Mock Turtle Soup ~ made from calf’s head boiled in veal broth, friend shallots, Madeira wine, tarragon, chives, parsley, basil, cayenne pepper, mushroom ketchup, and lemon juice. Served with forcemeat-balls (meatballs made of the calf brain and deep fried) and small eggs. Roasted Calf Heart ~ stuffed […]
Nov282016
Gail Carriger Talks About The Food In Singapore
Meanwhile – in the USA we just gorged ourselves on turquay, Gentle Reader. So here’s my post all about food in Singapore! Yes yes yes (and one great big NO). Singapore Food: The Bad I’m an incredibly experimental eater. You can take a look at some of the wide ranging Things I Have Stuck in My Mouth […]
Oct92016
Alexia’s London: Supper Oct. 9, 1876 (Behind the Magic)
Supper for Today, 1876, in a London Townhouse Partridge Soup ~ bird on the bone stewed with ham, onion, celery, mutton, & peppercorns Cold Roast Beef, Broiled ~ topped with fried potato skins that had been season with ketchup, salt & pepper (yes, the Victorians had ketchup & that’s what they called it) Vegetables ~ […]
May112016
Gail’s Favorite Recipes to Cook & Bake (Miss Carriger Recommends)
I consider myself an experimental eater and I love all food, so long as it is well prepared. So Gentle Reader, when this question came, I knew it had to have a whole blog post to answer. Some of the food in your books sounds quite yummy. Others, not so much. That’s pretty much the […]
Feb192016
Girl Scout Cookie Tea Pairings from Gail Carriger (Miss Carriger Recommends)
In an effort to bridge the great divide between the US and the UK, I present unto you my thoughts concerning pairing Girl Scout Cookies (the great annual American tradition that springs upon us in front of most chain grocery stores at this time of year) with the civilized long-standing UK tradition of afternoon tea. […]
Jan152016
Pairing Gail Carriger Books with Tea & Nibbles (Special Extras)
Alright, Gentle Reader, this idea came a while ago from a conversation on the Parasol Protectorate Facebook Group. One of the members was plotting gifting her family with books and chocolate. It occurred to me that gifting books + tea would make for a great blog post. Reading this? The Parasol Protectorate series Drink this: […]
Dec232015
What’s Going on in Gail’s Life? Scarves, Glazes & Lamb Stew
What’s going on right now, Gentle Reader? Look to your left, see in the left column of the blog? That’s a poll! Please take it. Thanks. (Not mobile friendly.) Otherwise, here’s some insight into my brain and other organs… Occupying My Ears: No Such Thing As A Fish Podcast. I love QI and I love […]