American Adaptation and Mrs. Charles Dickens's Plum Pudding

Rossi-Wilcox discusses about American adaptation of Mrs Charles Dickens's plum pudding, a steamed dessert that resembles a cannon ball with a holly sprig hat and flaming base. This cholesterol-rich preparation would have otherwise been lost to the shifting fashions of American cookery. Taken from the concept of the Cratchit's family Christmas dinner celebration in Charles Dickens's classic novel, A Christmas Carol, and from Catherine's slender volume of menus, the author explicitly recounts the history of this Christmas plum pudding.