The Chafing-Dish Supper
The Chafing-Dish Supper was written by Christine Terhune Herrick and first published around 1894 by Scribner’s. She was a writer and journalist who wrote prolifically about homemaking. Note: This post may contain affiliate links, which means that I may make a small commission if you click a link and make a purchase. What’s your favorite tool in the kitchen? This is a weird question that I had not given much thought to before I read The Chafing-Dish Supper. I think it is a fair assumption that most people do not ponder the origins of their kitchen machinery or utensils when preparing a meal. I surely don’t. But a few pages…
The Making of a Marchioness
Before Lady Edith Crawley received her happy ending in Downton Abbey, there was Emily Fox-Seton in The Making of a Marchioness. The book was written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and published in 1901. It tells the story of Emily’s life as a well-born, but poor woman who *spoiler alert* ends up marrying to become a marchioness. If the author’s name sounds familiar, perhaps it is because she is best known for the classic, The Secret Garden. Frances Hodgson Burnett was an English-American writer born in 1849. “We have no hesitation in saying that there is no living writer (man or woman) who has Mrs. Burnett’s dramatic power in telling a story.” -The New York Herald…
