In its heyday, ‘Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management’ was only outsold by the Bible. More than 160 years later, novelist Josie Lloyd reckons her cooking, cleaning, shopping and ...

"She was extraordinary really, people have an image of Mrs Beeton as an old matron, but in reality she was twenty three when she wrote the book, and she was far from chained to the stove," explained ...

Sophie Dahl explores the extraordinary life and times of her food heroine, Mrs Beeton ... And the contrast between reality and image plays out most tragically in the terrible undoing of the family.

Sophie Dahl has signed up to present a new BBC Two documentary about Mrs Beeton. The Guardian reports that Sophie Dahl on Mrs Beeton will see Dahl test out some of the Victorian writer's recipes ...

In 19th century Victorian England, Mrs. Isabella Beeton produced what became an essential book for housewives of the day. She was married at a relatively young age to Sam Beeton, a publisher of ...

I've got hold of a recipe that dates back to the 1800's in a old cooking book! The title of Chocolate Soufflé Omelette in the book from Mrs Beeton drew me in straightaway.

Show image caption; This book is a real treasure. It's a second edition of Mrs Beeton's world famous cookery book. It belongs to my mother, who originally came from County Wexford in Ireland.

Sophie Dahl is to present a documentary about the life of pioneering cookery writer Mrs Beeton. The model turned TV star, whose own cookery show The Delicious Miss Dahl received lukewarm reviews ...