The Complete English Cook; or, Prudent Housewife: Being a Collection of the Most General, Yet Least Expensive Receipts in Every Branch of Cookery and Good Housewifery.

PECKHAM, Ann.

$600.00

Item Number: 146430

Leeds: Printed for Thomas Wright, c. 1790.

Early edition of this 18th century collection of inexpensive and nourishing recipes for beginners. Duodecimo, original half cloth, illustrated with diagrams of table settings for different meals and times of year at the rear. In good condition with light toning to the front and rear free endpapers, rubbing to the front and rear panels. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell with red morocco spine and cover labels.

In 'The Complete English Cook; or Prudent Housewife,' Anne Peckham, one of the most noted cooks in the county of York, supplies readers of all skill levels with manageable and inexpensive recipes and directions for roasting, boiling, stewing, potting, candying, pickling, and preserving, among other common kitchen tasks. Her recipes are the result of over "forty years of practice in the best families in and about Leeds," and her attention to the finest details ensures that practicing cooks will have their techniques approved or learn something entirely new.