The Old Rectory: Escape to a Country Kitchen

By Julia Ibbotson

When author Julia Ibbotson and her husband first saw the old Victorian rectory in dire need of renovation, a mile out of the nearest village in the midst of the English moorlands, little did she realise how much it would change their lives. The Old Rectory focuses on the centrality of the kitchen as the pulse of the family and home, shows the importance of food and cooking throughout the changing seasons, and explores the history of food in the past. Each chapter ends with a collection of recipes to feed the soul. Praise for Julia Ibbotson "Enchantingly told" -Bel Mooney, Daily Mail Acclaimed, award-winning author Julia Ibbotson is fascinated by the medieval world and concepts of time travel. She read English at Keele University, England (after a turbulent but exciting gap year in Ghana, West Africa) specialising in medieval language, literature and history, and has a PhD in socio-linguistics. She wrote her first novel at 10 years of age, but became a school teacher, then an academic as a senior university lecturer and researcher. She has published a number of books, including memoir, children's medieval fantasy, a trilogy set in Ghana, and medieval time-slip, as well as academic works. Apart from insatiable reading, she loves travelling the world, singing in choirs, swimming, yoga and walking in the countryside in England and Madeira where she and her husband divide their time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1549678159
• ISBN13: 9781549678158
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"