- Title: The Ancient Art Of Cookery: The Georgian Menu At Canons Ashby
- Date: 24th January 1989
- Summary: CANONS ASHBY, NEAR NORTHAMPTON, PROVIDES THE EARLY GEORGIAN KITCHEN FOR THE FOURTH PROGRAMME IN THE SERIES. THE POLITICAL AND POETICAL DRYDEN FAMILY LIVED IN THE HOUSE FROM THE TIME IT WAS BUILT UNTIL JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. ROY STRONG FINDS EVERYTHING IN THE KITCHEN CHANGING FAST IN THE FAST MOVING EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. IMPROVED CUTLERY, TO BE SET ON THE NEW MAHOGANY TABLES DESIGNED AND MADE BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE AND DECORATED BY PIECES FROM THE NEW MEISSEN FACTORIES. DISCOVERS THE MENACE OF THE MACARONIES AND WHY THE CHAMBER- MAIDS LOST THEIR BLOOM BY DRINKING TEA. SARA PASTON-WILLIAMS TAKES A DISH FROM THE STREETS AND INTO THE KITCHEN WITH BUTTERED BARLEY: SHOWS THE BEST WAY TO PRESERVE MEAT WITH POTTED VENISON AND FOLLOWS THAT WITH JUGGED PIDGEONS. STRAWBERRY FRITTERS AN OLD WAY WITH A NEWLY CULTIVATED FRUIT ENDS THE EIGHTEENTH MENU.
- Description:A HISTORY OF KITCHENS AND COOKERY FROM MEDIAEVAL TO VICTORIAN TIMES USING THE RECIPES OF THE TIME DEMONSTRATED FROM AUTHENTIC PERIOD KITCHENS.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:FineLine Films
- Programme Episode:Episode 4
- Transmission Date:24/01/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s