Modern cookery in all its branches: embracing a series of plain and simple instructions to private families and others, for the careful and judicious preparation of every variety of food as drawn from practical observation and experience
Modern cookery in all its branches: embracing a series of plain and simple instructions to private families and others, for the careful and judicious preparation of every variety of food as drawn from practical observation and experience.
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Good+ Full title: Modern Cookery, in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, for the Use of Private Families....Illustrated with numerous woodcuts. The whole revised and prepared for American housekeepers, by Mrs. S. J. Hale. From the second London edition. Original publisher's black embossed cloth; gilt title and illustration on spine. Wear to corners; spine ends chipped ca. 1/4 inch at each end; text clean with virtually no foxing. Good+ condition in original binding. First published in 1845, this influential cookbook went through many editions. It was a favorite of Elizabeth David who once ranked it as the greatest cookbook in the English language. John and Karen Hess echo this opinion, calling it "one of the finest cookbooks in the English language" (The Taste of America. New York, 1977). Lowenstein 630. The first edition of Mrs. Hale's revision appeared in 1845. Lowenstein lists nine American editions of this work before 1860. Detailed pagination: [1] p. Publisher's ads, [2], xvii-xxxv, [1], 37-418 pp.; Illustrated; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 418 pages.
