Entertaining in Style: Nancy Astor and Nancy Lancaster: Table Settings, Recipes, Flower Arrangements, and Decorating-Fast Shipping

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This book showcases timeless recipes and inspirations for the perfect party from cousins Nancy Astor and celebrated interior designer Nancy Lancaster, both renowned in twentieth-century Britain for entertaining with style, sophistication, and joie de vivre.

Featuringoriginalphotographythathighlightsglam-orous menus, interior décor, table settings, and flower arrangements, this book is an homage to joyful Astor and Nancy Lancaster, both born American, were renownedastwoofBritain’sgreatestparty-givers, excellingatgraciousentertaining,wittyrepartee, andaboveallsophisticatedmenus—talentsrootedin theirupbringingatMirador,theirAlbemarleCounty, Virginia, family estate known for its superb food.

TherecentdiscoveryoftheoriginalMiradorrecipe collection,togetherwithmaterialsfromAstor’sand Lancaster’s archives, provides the basis for this book, a collaboration between descendants of both women. With75recipes,thebookshowcasesmenusthat combineclassicEnglishdisheswithSouthernAmer-icanclassicssuchascornfritters,friedchicken,and Pullman salad.

PhotographedatCliveden,NancyAstor’scountry house, and Nancy Lancaster’s several homes, the book featuresthefamily’soriginalchina,silver,anddécor. Pepperedthroughoutarepreviouslyunseenfamily photographs.