Author: Mrs Glasse; [Hannah Glasse]
Title: The Complete Art of Cookery, Exhibited in a Plain and Easy Manner, with Directions for Marketing; the Seasons for Meat, Poultry, Fish, Game, Etc. And Numerous Useful Family Receipts, Etc
Description: London, J. S. Pratt, 1843. Cloth. An 1843 edition of Hannah Glasse's popular cookery work, 'The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy', illustrated here with a frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations. With a half-title. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and nineteen in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. 'The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy' is a prominent cookery book that became a bestseller for a century after its publication in 1747. It dominated the English speaking market, and gave the author, Hannah Glasse, much fame. The popularity of the work was international, with the likes of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin even owning copies, with its popularity surviving the American War of Independence. In this work, Glasse explains that she used simpler language so that the servants who used the book would be able to understand it. The work includes one of the first recipe in English for an Indian style curry, and was also the first book to mention a recipe for trifle using jelly as an ingredient, as well as being the first to use the term 'Yorkshire pudding' in print. Glasse also makes use of many imported ingredients, such as cocoa, cinamon, pistachios, and nutmeg. Glasse's approach is sometimes confusing, not giving a list of ingredients preceding the recipe, and also often not giving ingredient quantities, or any indicant of cooking time of oven temperature. She also has an anti-French approach, disapproving of the French influence on British food, though she still gave ingredients with French names and influence. About one third of the recipes in this work were copied from other cookery books. This work is an octavo. Hannah Glasse was best known for this wok, which was originally published anonymously under the tag 'by a lady&apos. She also published 'The Servants' Directory', and 'The Compleat Confectioner', though neither works were as successful as 'The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy&apos. She wrote the work to raise money for her family. Her and her husband, who was fourteen years her senior, and Irishman subaltern who was on half-pay and with whom she eloped, were greatly struggling financially. After the success of this work, she became a dressmaker in Covent Garden. Though her clients included the Princess Augusta, Glasse ran up debts, and was imprisoned for bankruptcy. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper, 'Margaret Crest Brook', 'J. Tennant, 1905&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, though the boards are a little cockled. Slight discolouration to the boards, and a ringmark to the front board. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small loss to the head and tail of the joints. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with the odd scattered spot. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Keywords: hannah glasse glasse mrs glasse cookery glasse art of cookery food Not Stated


See more books from our catalog: Cookery