The Practice of Cookery, Adapted to the Business of Everyday Life. Fourth Edition.
Book Description
Small 8vo., half morocco over marbled boards with gilt title and lines; pp.xxxviii,[1], 550, page 427 misnumbered as 437. The Preface states that every receipt has been carefully revised for this edition with new receipts added. With chapters on Soup; Fish; Beef; Mutton; Veal; Pork; Poultry; Curries; Game; Gravies and Sauces; Vegetables; Puddings, Pies and Tarts; Creams, Custards and Jellies etc., Cakes, Biscuits and Breads; Preserves; Vinegars; Pickles; Wines; the Kitchen Garden; Bees and more. Recipes include such delights as Sour Kraut, Devil, Pigeons en Surprise, Lobster Catsup, Tansy Pudding, Sowens, Ale Berry, Nun s Beads, Fairy Butter, Whim Wham, Sally Luns, Cold Harbour Balls and Spruce Beer. Light wear to boards, edges a little worn and occasional light foxing but otherwise good condition.
Author
Mrs Dalgairns
Date
1831
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Robert Cadell
Condition
Good
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