Have you ever wondered how the BBC faithfully recreates elaborate 19th Century table settings with such precision on TV shows like Queen Victoria and Doughton Abbey?
Look no further than Isabella Beeton and her eponymously titled "Mrs. Beeton's Guide to Household Management" (BOHM) her encyclopedic tome dedicated to managing a Victorian household. She was the reigning Domestic Diva of her day.
Food historians compare her to a 19th Century Martha Stewart. Not just in terms of the type of advice she provided but also due to the fact she was the cornerstone to a publishing empire and an ambassador for an upper-middle class lifestyle that her upwardly mobile readers could aspire to. For families made wealthy by the Industrial Revolution and
Look no further than Isabella Beeton and her eponymously titled "Mrs. Beeton's Guide to Household Management" (BOHM) her encyclopedic tome dedicated to managing a Victorian household. She was the reigning Domestic Diva of her day.
Food historians compare her to a 19th Century Martha Stewart. Not just in terms of the type of advice she provided but also due to the fact she was the cornerstone to a publishing empire and an ambassador for an upper-middle class lifestyle that her upwardly mobile readers could aspire to. For families made wealthy by the Industrial Revolution and