THE NEW LONDON FAMILY COOK: or, TOWN AND COUNTRY HOUSEKEEPERS' GUIDE;; COMPREHENDING DIRECTIONS FOR MARKETING, with illustrative Plates, on a Principle entirely new; General Observations, and Bills of Fare for every Week in the Year
London: Albion Press: Printed for J. And J. Cundee, Ivy-Lane, 1811. Third Edition. Hardcover. Practical Instructions for preparing SOUPS, BROTHS, GRAVIES, SAUCES, AND MADE DISHES; and for DRESSING FISH, VENISON, HARES, BUTCHERS' MEAT, POULTRY, GAME, &c. IN ALL THEIR VARIETIES. With the respective branches of PASTRY AND CONFECTIONARY, The Art of Potting, Pickling, Preserving, &c. Cookery for the Sick, and For the Poor. Directions for Carving: And a Glossary of the most generally received French and English Terms in the Culinary Art, Also a Selection of VALUABLE FAMILY RECIPES, in DYING, PERFUMERY, &C. INSTRUCTIONS FOR BREWING, MAKING OF BRITISH WINES, DISTILLING, MANAGING THE DAIRY, AND GARDENING. And AN APPENDIX Containing general Directions for Servants relative to the Cleaning of Household Furniture, Floor-Cloths, Stoves, marble Chimney-Pieces, &c. Forming the whole a most complete FAMILY INSTRUCTOR. The Author, Duncan Macdonald was Head Cook at The Bedford Tavern and Hotel, Covent-Garden.
This book basically has it all - if one were thinking about homesteading, or going off the grid, well, this would the book to look at. Really, a true look into household activity at the turn of the 19th century. Previous owner has made some notes in margins and added some receipts to the front free end paper and the rear of the book. Hinges cracked but holding with archival tape. Boards heavily worn. Last page of index has some loss, approx. 6 cm. [CAGLE 841- third edition, org. pub. London 1800] [OXFORD 129 - 1800 ed.]. Brown calf boards. Good. Item #3771
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