Always More to Learn; Always More to Eat!
No matter what your interests are, there is always more to learn, isn’t there? It’s one of the reasons I enjoy being a member of the Jane Austen Society of North America; an organization that offers lectures and workshops on a wide variety of topics of interest to history buffs, Jane Austen fans, and to authors of Regency-set novels like me.
Earlier this month the meeting topic was Martha Lloyd’s Household Book: The Original Manuscript from Jane Austen’s Kitchen. The speaker was the book’s author, Julienne Gehrer.
I always enjoy learning about recipes and food (favorite subjects, as my waistline attests) but especially because a main character in my new series, On Devonshire Shores, is a gentlewoman who, due to financial constraints, learns to bake and cook.
In writing The Sisters of Sea View, and its sequel, A Winter by the Sea, I have consulted a few of the same cookbooks (or “receipt books”) mentioned in the talk. So helpful!
I found it an enjoyable and informative talk, which also left me hungry. 
What sorts of things do you enjoy learning about? Have you ever made an old recipe?
