I have so many in the works! Alas, the publishing industry is a bit whacked in this day and age...if it were up to me, you'd have three more books in your hot hands by now! But I'm keeping the faith. :-)
The sculpture made of radios and boomboxes at 1:13 - where is that found? When it flipped by the first time I almost thought it was how Nam June Paik would have built a Dalek.
That book looks amazing!! I have a cookbook/meal planning book that was given to my mother when she got married in the 60s, and a wedding planning book from the 40s that was my grandmother's. They're such fascinating time-capsules, and I always wonder how much they reflect what/how people actually did vs. presenting a super idealized, unattainable version.
In the Beeton book there are chapters on how to manage your servants, how to use the proper titles for varying levels of nobility, how to prep for a wedding, or throw parties, how to set a tray (including elaborate trays for invalids) and all sorts of general snobbery that I'm guessing the average person did not have anything to do with. So much aspiration!
I loved The Chef's Secret and Feast of Sorrow so so much that I am "starving" for another!!
Tell your publisher to get a move on!!! We are all waiting!
PS Can't wait to hear about your new book project!
I have so many in the works! Alas, the publishing industry is a bit whacked in this day and age...if it were up to me, you'd have three more books in your hot hands by now! But I'm keeping the faith. :-)
Thanks for sharing! I love reading your posts!
Great pics and I love your enjoyment of travel!
The sculpture made of radios and boomboxes at 1:13 - where is that found? When it flipped by the first time I almost thought it was how Nam June Paik would have built a Dalek.
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/paik-bakelite-robot-t14340
Oh I love that!! The boombox tower of Babel (which was playing Bee Gees Stayin' Alive when I was there) is also at the Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/meireles-babel-t14041 I loved that exhibit.
That's so great that you got yourself a Beeton! And you got it at a bookshop that takes its name from the years-long lawsuit in Bleak House!
There were so many plaques all over London of the various places where his characters were said to live or certain events happened. I loved it!
That book looks amazing!! I have a cookbook/meal planning book that was given to my mother when she got married in the 60s, and a wedding planning book from the 40s that was my grandmother's. They're such fascinating time-capsules, and I always wonder how much they reflect what/how people actually did vs. presenting a super idealized, unattainable version.
In the Beeton book there are chapters on how to manage your servants, how to use the proper titles for varying levels of nobility, how to prep for a wedding, or throw parties, how to set a tray (including elaborate trays for invalids) and all sorts of general snobbery that I'm guessing the average person did not have anything to do with. So much aspiration!