Author: Elizabeth Hammond
Title: Modern Domestic Cookery; and Useful Receipt Book, Adapted for Families in the Middling and Genteel Ranks of Life
Description: London, A. K. Newman, 1830. Hardback. An illustrated edition of this popular Georgian period guide to cookery and household management. Rebacked, featuring the very scarce publisher's original boards. This is the illustrated seventh edition of this work, with illustrated frontispiece, vignette title page, and four further illustrated plates.A practical cookery work, documenting basic useful recipes that were popular in Georgian England. The author also here provides advice on the management of a family, directions of carving meat in a clean and resourceful manner, as well as advice on a proper family dinner for each month of the year, making use of the ingredients that are in season.With passages on the art of trussing and carving, preparing soups, gravies, sauces and made dishes, potting, pickling and numerous other household skills. Re-backed, with publisher's original paper covered boards restored. Rubbing to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned, with some light scattered spots to illustrated plates. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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