The Lady's Assistant for Regulating and Supplying her Table, being a complete system of cookery, containing one hundred and fifty select bills of fare, properly disposed for family dinners of five dishes, to two courses of eleven and fifteen; with upwards of fifty bills of fare for suppers, from five dishes to nineteen, and several deserts: including likewise. The fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds, with full directions for preparing them in the most approved manner, from which a continual change may be made, as wanted, in the several bills of fare. The second edition corrected, and considerably enlarged.

MASON, Charlotte.

Published by Printed for J. Walter. 1775, 1775

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vi, [2], 471, [21]pp, half title. 8vo. Some occasional foxing & marginal finger-staining, tear without loss to lower margin of one leaf of index, dusting & minor edge wear to final 5 leaves, endpapers & pastedowns rather browned. Contemporary calf, raised & gilt bands, red morocco label; joints, corners & spine expertly repaired. ESTC N10285, BL, Oxford, Leeds; Harvard, and Kansas. First published in 1773, this forms a valuable sourcebook for later 18th century English recipes, and was advertised as 'the most complete book of cookery hitherto extant'. It includes one of the earliest curry recipes calling for 'curree powder', and also one of the first descriptions on how to make a sandwich. Aimed at providing variety for daily family meals, rather than extravagant entertaining, here recipes mainly focus on familiar ingredients plainly prepared. Seller Inventory # 69781

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Title: The Lady's Assistant for Regulating and ...

Publisher: Printed for J. Walter. 1775

Publication Date: 1775

Binding: Hardcover