Description Afternoon Tea: A History explores the development of the Afternoon tea meal, diving deeper than the popular tale of the Duchess of Bedford\'s Afternoon gatherings to find the meals that inspired those early Afternoon teas.
She has authored numerous articles and books across several academic disciplines, and has served as Editor for several academic and trade publications, including her current position at P.
She is Director of Root, a food history and community building organization, and a professional fermenter.
About the Author Julia Skinner, Ph D, is a food historian, chef, visual artist, and cultural heritage professional.
The book concludes by looking at Afternoon tea today, including a handful of interviews that show the range of perspectives about the meal and its place in society, as well as its resurging popularity in the last decade.
It also looks at Afternoon tea in America, a country that broke from the Empire before the meal was established as a set ritual, but which still has its own complex relationship with the beverage and a continuing fascination with the meal.
The book explores how this movement took place and uncovers the different ways tea and colonialism intersect in both the colonial and postcolonial worlds.
Afternoon tea is a meal that came of age during the British Empire\'s most aggressive expansion, and as such became a meal that was transported to new continents with colonial forces.
Recognizing that a meal\'s birth and life never happen in a vacuum, the book sets aside the already well-documented conversations surrounding tea etiquette, instead exploring the social contexts that made the meal possible and popular, moving it from one small subset of the population to a widespread and beloved phenomenon, one that nearly died out at the end of the 20th century before experiencing a resurgence in the 21st.
Julia Skinner carefully separates the fact and lore around the meal and sets the story of Afternoon tea within its historic contexts.
Description Afternoon Tea: A History explores the development of the Afternoon tea meal, diving deeper than the popular tale of the Duchess of Bedford\'s Afternoon gatherings to find the meals that inspired those early Afternoon teas
