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Episode 48 - How to cook the Victorian way with Mrs Crocombe at Audley End
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Ahead of the launch of new cookery book, How to Cook the Victorian Way with Mrs Crocombe, we meet the book’s authors, senior properties historian Andrew Hann and food historian Annie Gray, to discover the story of Audley End’s former head cook Avis Crocombe and the recipes she left behind.
Learn about Mrs Crocombe’s working life at Audley End, why Bob Stride, a descendent of the Crocombe family, decided to donate her original recipe book to English Heritage, and how she has since become an unlikely YouTube sensation.
To find out more about Audley End House and Gardens, and plan a visit, go to www.englishheritage.org.uk/audley
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Manage episode 254656449 series 1265747
Ahead of the launch of new cookery book, How to Cook the Victorian Way with Mrs Crocombe, we meet the book’s authors, senior properties historian Andrew Hann and food historian Annie Gray, to discover the story of Audley End’s former head cook Avis Crocombe and the recipes she left behind.
Learn about Mrs Crocombe’s working life at Audley End, why Bob Stride, a descendent of the Crocombe family, decided to donate her original recipe book to English Heritage, and how she has since become an unlikely YouTube sensation.
To find out more about Audley End House and Gardens, and plan a visit, go to www.englishheritage.org.uk/audley
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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