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Field name | Value |
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Reference | 3068102147403 |
Library/Archive | The New York Academy of Medicine |
Title | The compleat housewife |
Author/Creator | Smith, Eliza |
Date | 1744 |
Collection | Special Collections |
Place of Publication | London , UK |
Publisher | J and H Pemberton |
Document Type | Printed Cookbook; Domestic Cookbook |
Theme | Food Preparation; Food and Gender; Health and Nutrition |
Subjects | cooking cooking techniques gender: female housewife housekeeper baking canning and preserving pickling desserts confectionery beverages wine household remedies medicine cosmetics |
Description | The accomplished gentlewoman's companion contains "a collection of upwards of six hundred of the most approved recipes in cookery, pastry, confectionary, preserving, pickles, cakes, creams, jelies, made wines, cordials. With Copper Plates curiously engraven for the regular Disposition or Placing the various Dishes and Courses. Bills of Fare for every month of the year." Also includes 300 receipts of medicines i.e. drinks, salves and ointments. |
Countries | United Kingdom |
Places | London |
Additional Information | Twelfth edition. Foldouts illustrate different seasonal table plans with courses. Includes index. |
Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation © 2020, by The New York Academy of Medicine. All rights reserved. |