This book features a selection of ideas and menus for country house breakfasts and brunches. The book includes recipes for traditional dishes such as devilled kidneys, kedgeree, kippers, Mrs Beeton's special porridge and bacon-and-eggs, as well as lighter meals. Suggestions on decorating the breakfast table, buffet and tray are also provided. This series of Mrs Beeton books contains both fragments from Mrs Beeton's original edition of Cookery and Household Management and more modern ideas for cooking and presenting meals.