The Practical Cook, English and Foreign; Containing a Great Variety of Old Receipts, Improved and Re-Modelled; And Many Original Receipts in English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Polish, Dutch, American, Swiss, and Indian Cookery
1845.
First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. Item #CAT000980
Publisher's cloth, worn at corners. A little shaken, a few loosening pages, but generally sound. 481pp with 12 plates, six of courses for Jan-June and six carving.
Begins wondering why, when London is superior to France in every way (larger, better markets, better beef, mutton, pork, etc) their food is so much worse. An array of traditional English dishes and current favorites (4 mock turtle recipes, portable soup, turbot), lots of meat, fish, soup, sauce. Fifteen pages on Anglo-Indian cookery: pish-posh (sic), mullagatwany, kicharee, capsicum curry (with green chile peppers). A long section of French food and short sections (often just a few pages) for a dozen or so other cuisines. An interesting collection. Scarce.
Provenance: Mary Adsetts (?) contemporary signature on endpaper. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000980.
Price: $300.00