Fannie's Last Supper

Finished off Christopher Kimball's Fannie's Last Supper, a tribute to Victorian era cooking that involved two years of cooking research capped off by a 12-course feast for a select group of invited guests from all over. He asks towards the end, "Was this just a bunch of over-privileged gourmands enjoying ridiculous over-consumption while the rest of the country was stuck in the worst economic recession since the Great Depression?

I got this book because it claimed to be about something I always wanted to do: Host a historical dinner prepared as per the time period chosen. Now I see that actually doing the loads of work that would be involved would probably put a big damper on any enjoyment I might get out of it.