Cook Like You’re on Your Favorite British TV Shows

These cookbooks will help you dine in the style of seven popular British shows.

A mouthwatering chicken pie. Photo by Food Photographer David Fedulov on Unsplash.

Two of my favorite hobbies are collecting English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh cookbooks and watching British TV. Over the years I’ve discovered numerous cookbooks that help me combine these interests. This article shares some favorites that will help you dine in the style of seven popular British shows.

Cookbooks for Downton Abbey Fans

Are you a fan of the Crawley family, Mrs. Patmore, Mr. Carson, and the rest of the Downton Abbey gang? You’re in luck, because there are more than half a dozen cookbooks to help you dine in Downton style.

There are four companion cookbooks in the Downton Abbey Cookery Series: The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook, The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook (you knew there had to be one dedicated to afternoon tea!); The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book; and The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook, which will help you celebrate the holiday in true Crawley style.

The Countess of Carnarvon, chatelaine of Highclere Castle where Downton Abbey is filmed, has published At Home at Highclere: Entertaining at the Real Downton Abbey and Christmas at Highclere: Recipes and Traditions from the Real Downton Abbey. The books celebrate the history…