[Ryland Peters & Small] Enter Jane Austen's world through the kitchens and dining rooms of her characters, and her own family. "It's a great idea – a book that you can read as well as cook from, and one that, uniquely, sends you straight back to the novels themselves"—Telegraph Online "In this charming bit of historical reconstruction, Pen Vogler takes authentic recipes from Austen's time and updates them for today. You'll find everything you need to recreate Netherfield Ball in your front room."—Kathryn Hughes, The best books on food, The Guardian Food is an important theme in Austen's novels, used as a commodity for showing off, as a way of showing kindliness among neighbours, as part of the dynamics of family life, and for comic effect. Dinner with Mr Darcy takes authentic recipes from the period, inspired by the food that features in Austen's novels and letters, and adapts them for contemporary cooks. The text is interwoven throughout with quotes from the novels, and