The housekeeper's instructor, or, Universal family cook

being an ample and clear display of the art of cookery in all its branches : containing proper directions for dressing all kinds of butcher's meat, poultry, game, fish, &c. : also, the method of preparing soups, hashes, and made dishes, with the whole art of confectionary, pickling, preserving, &c., likewise the making and keeping in perfection British wines and proper rules for brewing malt liquor as well for family consumption as the regale of private visitants : to which is added, the complete art of carving, illustrated with engravings, explaining, by proper references, the manner in which the young practitioner may acquit himself at table with elegance and ease : also, bills of fare for every month in the year, with copper-plates displaying the best manner of decorating a table ... : together with directions for marketing, and the management of the kitchen and fruit-garden : the whole formed on so new a plan, that the inexperienced will be instructed, and the professed cook receive that information, which has never been made known by any preceding publication

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The housekeeper's instructor, or, Universal family cook

being an ample and clear display of the art of cookery in all its branches : containing proper directions for dressing all kinds of butcher's meat, poultry, game, fish, &c. : also, the method of preparing soups, hashes, and made dishes, with the whole art of confectionary, pickling, preserving, &c., likewise the making and keeping in perfection British wines and proper rules for brewing malt liquor as well for family consumption as the regale of private visitants : to which is added, the complete art of carving, illustrated with engravings, explaining, by proper references, the manner in which the young practitioner may acquit himself at table with elegance and ease : also, bills of fare for every month in the year, with copper-plates displaying the best manner of decorating a table ... : together with directions for marketing, and the management of the kitchen and fruit-garden : the whole formed on so new a plan, that the inexperienced will be instructed, and the professed cook receive that information, which has never been made known by any preceding publication

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Signatures: [A]⁴ B-3L⁴ ch².

The final ten leaves contain an index and a list of subscribers.

Originally published in 12 parts.

First edition published in 1790.

Date attributed by ESTC.

One plate is watermarked 1798.

Includes index.

Frontispiece signed: Collinger delin. et sculp.

ESTC T127998

Gift of Anne Willan and Mark Cherniavsky.

Binding: cloth boards; gilt label on spine.

Library's copy lacks plate titled "A grand entertainment, first course."

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Universal family cook, Housekeeper's instructor

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440, [20] pages, [12] leaves of plates (2 folded)
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OL27306308M
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housekeepersinst00hend
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