The Cook's Oracle; Containing Receipts for Plain Cookery on the Most Economical Plan for Private Families... to Which Are Added one Hundred and Thirty New Receipts for Pastry, Preserves, Puddings, and an Easy, Certain, and Economical Process for Preparing Pickles, by Which They Will Be Ready in a Fortnight and Remain Good for Years
by [Kitchiner, William]
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London: for A. Constable (Edinburgh) and Hurst, Robinson (Cheapside), 1822. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Very good-. Duodecimo (7 by 3.75 inches). xviii, 545, [1, blank]pp. With bibliographical references and index. Later half polished calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and morocco lettering piece; endleaves renewed. Contemporary marbled edges. Some occasional staining, with no loss of text, else a very good copy. With an additional title-page facing the preface: The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life (as publisher's advertisment).
Fourth expanded edition of the popular English cookbook, first published in 1817 as Apicius Redivivus, or, The Cook's Oracle. High standards for the day: "The whole being the result of actual experiments instituted in the kitchen of a physician."
Fourth expanded edition of the popular English cookbook, first published in 1817 as Apicius Redivivus, or, The Cook's Oracle. High standards for the day: "The whole being the result of actual experiments instituted in the kitchen of a physician."
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- The Cook's Oracle; Containing Receipts for Plain Cookery on the Most Economical Plan for Private Families... to Which Are Added one Hundred and Thirty New Receipts for Pastry, Preserves, Puddings, and an Easy, Certain, and Economical Process for Preparing Pickles, by Which They Will Be Ready in a Fortnight and Remain Good for Years
- Author
- [Kitchiner, William]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth edition
- Publisher
- for A. Constable (Edinburgh) and Hurst, Robinson (Cheapside)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Keywords
- Literature; Cooking; Culinary; Cookbook; Cookery; Meal; Menu; Planning; England; English; 19th; Century; Food; Preparation; Home; Economics
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