Dinner at Buckingham Palace

by Charles Oliver

Book Overview

This volume provides a unique collection of authentic recipes from the royal households. Based on the diaries and personal recollections of Charles Oliver, the son of a royal servant, it provides a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844543714
• ISBN13: 9781844543717
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Metro Books
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.6" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Dinner at Buckingham Palace

This is a wonderful book, full of history from Queen Victoria to the present, with lovely photos of the Royal Family- A MUST for Anglophiles, and cooks alike! Included are dinner services for Royal Formal dinners, and all the dishes served. There is also a food glossary- very helpful. This book is from the diaries of a former Butler, a man who grew up in service with his father under the reign of Queen Victoria. A very interesting read- I loved it!

Priceless Memories

I did not buy this book for the recipes. I thought, and was correct, that perhaps this book might offer photographs of the Royal Family I had never seen in print before. The story of how this book came about is a wonderful story by itself. Read it and find out who the man was behind it's creation. There are private photos of the Queen Mother, the Queen, and a young Prince Charles that are ready for framing. And that is what I plan on doing this weekend. While I must purchase another copy to keep, I am going through my copy to remove the wonderful shots and frame them. My kitchen is decorated with numerous photos of the Royal Family. And yes, I have Union Jack rugs on the floors as well. The recipes are wonderful, but the photographs and stories are worth buying the book for. If you are an Anglophile as I am, or a huge fan of the Royals, this is the book for you.