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Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery
from the publisher
All About Cookery' (first issued under this title in 1871) is a derivative of Isabella Beeton's final work 'The Dictionary of Cookery'. The 'Dictionary' was first published in 1865 and designed to full the gap between her classic (but highly-priced) 'Book of Household Management' and the cheaper 'Cookery'. A key feature of the work is the arrangement of its subject matter - recipes, menus, implements and so on - in alphabetical order for easy reference.
- Original Publisher
- Ward, Lock and Co.
- Date of publication
- 1861
- ISBN
- 0330430092
Recommended by
Makiko Itoh
Blogger of Just Hungry and Just Bento
My mother was given a paperback edition of this book by a neighbor when we lived in England when I was a child. I still have that paperback, although it's in two pieces now, plus a couple of other copies of the same, as backups. There are several editions but they all give a fascinating look into British cookery, which has an unfairly bad reputation. Good British cooking is hearty and delicious.
Richard McCarthy
Executive Director, Slow Food USA
Important English cooking icon of an earlier age provides ours with a glimpse into the kinds of homecraft skills useful in the kitchen. It’s a great read: Really, people lived like this!? And some very useful recipes.
Adam Byatt
Chef
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