Acknowledgements

Annie Gray would like to thank Kathy Hipperson and the many women who have played Avis and her kitchen maids, putting in many hours on recipes and bearing with me when I nicked all their props; Andrew Hann for being my partner in crime since that memorable phone call in 2009; Bethany Fisher for researching sources; at English Heritage, Gareth Clifford, the mastermind behind the videos, and Dominique Bouchard; Jonny Walton, who filmed the videos, and the cast: Lucy Charles (as Fanny Cowley), Tracy Russell (as Elizabeth Warwick), Benjamin Lawrence (as Edgar Ashman) and Kiel O’Shea (as James Vert). Thanks to Sophie Wright, food stylist extraordinaire; and the crack chef team of Miranda Godfrey and Ian Sutton aided by Li Ting Hsu. Thanks also to Westminster Kingsway College for kind use of facilities. Personal thanks to Matt Howling for putting up with me writing yet another book when I said I was taking a break, and to Richard Gray and Jess Smith for scraping me off the floor when the need for cup measurements finally sent me over the edge.