"What we eat, how we eat and where we eat are profoundly revealing, as this book on the Georgian world makes clear. The book makes for an engaging read rich with anecdote."--John Goodall, Country Life "Boyington affords some great insights into both the elegance and the excess of entertaining in Georgian Britain. She contrasts breath-takingly graceful dining and sophisticated surroundings with episodes of drunkenness and boorish overindulgence"-- Apollo "A dashing overview of the high arts of sumptuous Georgian country-house feasting, including the all-too-often overlooked hard labour behind the scenes, undertaken by countless toiling servants, who kept the whole glittering show on the road."--Penelope Corfield, author of The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain "In a book that is as lively and colourful as its subject, Amy Boyington reveals how dining rooms came to occupy such a central role in the lives of the aristocracy and gentry of the 18th century, and served as an index of wealth, status and taste."--Clive Aslet, author of The Story of the Country House "In this brilliant study, the dining room emerges as the crucial theatre of country house hospitality. Amy Boyington draws together all the action, props and scenery of this world; crucially she links the architecture, decoration and table presentation with an understanding of how the table was served and what role feasting had in elite Georgian society. This richly illustrated book is in itself a feast of historical research fit for country house buffs everywhere.

"--Jeremy Musson, co-author of The Country House: Past, Present & Future.