This work celebrates the joys of the Aubrey/Maturin series of novels in this cookery book full of the food and drink that complements Jack and Stephen's travels. In the book are recipes for authentic 19th-century recipes for food such as veal and ham pie, jam roly-poly, steak and kidney pudding, syllabub, figgy-dowdy, trifle, marchpane cakes, pigs trotters and spotted dog. With this book, recipes for feasts of sucking pig and Christmas pudding can be created. Recipes are accompanied by relevant quotes from the series text, as well as historical notes on the origins of the dishes and their names. Also included are instructive sections on the preparing of roasts, puddings and raised pies.