Entertaining Lives By Jane Churchill with Emily Astor

This new book; Entertaining Lives, The Nancy Astor & Nancy Lancaster Cookbook is a fascinating escape into English history and hosting, peppered with sophisticated recipes to elevate your menu options.

It includes secrets discovered in the pages of an antique family cookbook; the recipes have been freshly photographed highlighting glamorous table settings and the interiors of historic Cliveden, Ditchley Park, Kelmarsh Hall and Haseley Court.

This book taps into the lockdown trend for colourful table settings and entertaining beautifully at home. The recipes are traditional Southern cooking which have been adapted to suit a modern kitchen. It all comes wrapped in a beautiful coffee table book you can flip through with joy. 

The authors: Jane Churchill is Nancy Lancaster’s great–niece, Nancy Astor’s great-great niece and an internationally acclaimed interior designer in her own right. Emily Astor is Nancy Astor’s granddaughter, was brought up at Cliveden and is the keeper of the family archival flame.