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Published alongside the BBC TV series of the same name, this book takes a look "below stairs" to find out what domestic life was really like in Victorian times. The book describes in detail the meals the kitchen staff had to prepare, and includes a section on preserving and a list of recipes. Illustrated with period drawings, engravings and colour photographs of the kitchen restored for the BBC television series on which the book is based, this is an insight into a bygone age. The "upstairs/downstairs" image is of maids in starched aprons overseen by an outwardly stern cook with a heart of gold, but what was life really like "below stairs" in Victorian times? Looking behind the scenes at the vast collection of equipment used, from the dusty, smoky range, which was cleaned and coaxed into life at 6 o'clock each morning, to the gleaming coppers which were every cook's pride and joy, the book also meets Ruth Mott, the cook featured in the television series. She started work as a scullery maid in an old-style country house in 1930, when mansion kitchens still ran on Victorian lines. There are details of the Victorian culinary technique of preserving; of the five meals a day prepared by the kitchen staff - breakfast, luncheon, tea, dinner and supper; and of a collection of recipes specially adapted from Victorian cookery books. Jennifer Davies also wrote "The Victorian Kitchen Garden" and "The Victorian Flower Garden". What was life really like "below stairs" in Victorian times? In her book The Victorian Kitchen, Jennifer Davies look behind the scenes. The book includes a section on that most Victorian of culinary techniques, and has a collection of recipes which have been specially adapted from Victorian cookery books. Beautifully illustrated with period drawings and engravings as well as full-color photographs of the restored Victorian kitchen. Illustrated with period drawings, engravings and colour photographs of the kitchen restored for the BBC television series on which the book is based, this is an insight into a bygone age. It aims to show what was life really like "below stairs" in Victorian times. 191 p. : 25 cm "Originally published to enhance the major BBC television series of the same name"--P. [2] Originally published: London : BBC Books, 1989 Includes bibliographical references (p. 185) and index Jennifer Davies. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 185) And Index.