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The house-Keeper's pocket-book and compleat family cook. Containing about seven hundred curious and uncommon receipts, in Cookery, Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, Collaring, &c. With plain and easy Instructions for preparing and dressing every Thing suitable for an Elegant Entertainment, from Two Dishes to Five or Ten, &c. And Directions for ranging them in their proper Order. To which is prefix'd, Such a copious and useful Bill of Fare of all manner of Provisions in Season for every Month of the Year, that no Person need be at a Loss to provide an agreeable Variety of Dishes, at a moderate Expence. With Directions for making all Sorts of Wines, Mead, Cyder, Shrub, &c. and distilling Strong-Waters, &c. after the most approv'd Method. Concluding with many excellent Prescriptions, of singular Efficacy in most Distempers incident to the Human Body; extracted from the Writings of the most eminent Physicians. By Mrs. Sarah Harrison, of Devonshire. with the Addition of Four Hundred Genuine Receipts, sent to the Author by several worthy Persons.

Title
The house-Keeper's pocket-book [electronic resource] : and compleat family cook. Containing about seven hundred curious and uncommon receipts, in Cookery, Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, Collaring, &c. With plain and easy Instructions for preparing and dressing every Thing suitable for an Elegant Entertainment, from Two Dishes to Five or Ten, &c. And Directions for ranging them in their proper Order. To which is prefix'd, Such a copious and useful Bill of Fare of all manner of Provisions in Season for every Month of the Year, that no Person need be at a Loss to provide an agreeable Variety of Dishes, at a moderate Expence. With Directions for making all Sorts of Wines, Mead, Cyder, Shrub, &c. and distilling Strong-Waters, &c. after the most approv'd Method. Concluding with many excellent Prescriptions, of singular Efficacy in most Distempers incident to the Human Body; extracted from the Writings of the most eminent Physicians. By Mrs. Sarah Harrison, of Devonshire. with the Addition of Four Hundred Genuine Receipts, sent to the Author by several worthy Persons.
Author
Harrison, Sarah, active 1733-1777.
Publication
London : printed for R. Ware, at the Bible and Sun in Amen-Corner, Warwick-Lane, [1739]

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Gale (Firm)
Description
iv,[4],263,[17]p; 12⁰.
Uniform Title
Eighteenth century collections online.
Subject
  • Cooking > London > Early works to 1800
  • Formulas, recipes, etc. > London > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Braces in title.
  • Price from imprint: price 2 s. 6 d.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642583064
  • T36706
Author
Harrison, Sarah, active 1733-1777.
Title
The house-Keeper's pocket-book [electronic resource] : and compleat family cook. Containing about seven hundred curious and uncommon receipts, in Cookery, Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, Collaring, &c. With plain and easy Instructions for preparing and dressing every Thing suitable for an Elegant Entertainment, from Two Dishes to Five or Ten, &c. And Directions for ranging them in their proper Order. To which is prefix'd, Such a copious and useful Bill of Fare of all manner of Provisions in Season for every Month of the Year, that no Person need be at a Loss to provide an agreeable Variety of Dishes, at a moderate Expence. With Directions for making all Sorts of Wines, Mead, Cyder, Shrub, &c. and distilling Strong-Waters, &c. after the most approv'd Method. Concluding with many excellent Prescriptions, of singular Efficacy in most Distempers incident to the Human Body; extracted from the Writings of the most eminent Physicians. By Mrs. Sarah Harrison, of Devonshire. with the Addition of Four Hundred Genuine Receipts, sent to the Author by several worthy Persons.
Imprint
London : printed for R. Ware, at the Bible and Sun in Amen-Corner, Warwick-Lane, [1739]
Edition
The second edition, corrected and improv'd, ..
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T36706.
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Full text online - available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Gale (Firm)
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