Receta Lemon Syllabub : The Hamilton Cookbook (Review)

I’m a history buff. I’ve read books on Elizabeth I, Catherine De’ Medici, and Russia’s Catherine the Great, and willingly dig into books about the Middle Ages. More recently, the 1700’s and 1800’s have captured my attention. I’m endlessly fascinated by the environment people grew up in, how it molded them, and how they impacted events in ways that we still feel. I’m now reading Ron Chernow’s tomb, Grant, on Ulysses S. Grant. I’m learning a lot about the Civil War – or at least one side of it; and how a man like Grant improbably became a war-time hero and President against all odds. You might know Chernow’s name from his previous book, Hamilton, that the hugely popular Broadway play is based on. His exhaustive research and descriptive prose…