Research Catalog

Title

The court and country confectioner [electronic resource] : or, the house-keeper's guide ; to a more speedy, plain, and familiar method of understanding the whole art of confectionary, pastry, distilling, and the making of fine flavoured English wines from all kinds of fruits, herbs, and flowers; comprehending near four hundred and fifty easy and practical receipts, never before made know. Particularly, Preserving. Candying. Icing. Transparent Marmalade, Orange, Pine-Apple, Pistachio, and other Rich Creams. Caramil. Pastils. Bomboons. Puff, Spun, and Fruit-Pastes. Light-Biscuits. Puffs. Rich Seed-Cakes. Custards. Syllabues. Flummeries. Trifles. Whips. Fruite, and other Jellies. Pickles, &c. &c. Also New and easy directions for clarifying the different degrees of sugar, together with several bills of fare of deserts for private gentlemen's families. To which is added, a dissertation on the different species of fruits, and the art of distilling simple waters, cordials, perfumed oils, and essences. By an ingenious foreigner, now head confectioner to the Spanish ambassador in England.

Author

Borella, Mr.

Publication

London : printed for G. Riley, and A. Cooke, at their Circulating Library, Queen Street, Berkley Square; J. Bell, near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand; J. Wheble, at No. 20. Pater-Noster-Row; and C. Etherington, at York, M.DCC.LXX. [1770]

Details

Description

[2],ii,3,[1],xxiii,[1],271,[1],46p.; 8⁰.

Subject

• Confectionery > Early works to 1800
• Ice cream, ices, etc. > Early works to 1800
• Wine and wine making > Early works to 1800

Note

• The ingenious foreigner = Señor Borella.
• The final section, 'On distilling in general' has separate pagination but the register is continuous.
• Braces in imprint.
• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Indexed In (note)

• English Short Title Catalog

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

• 642335087
• ECCO1-T122787

Author

Borella, Mr.

Title

The court and country confectioner [electronic resource] : or, the house-keeper's guide ; to a more speedy, plain, and familiar method of understanding the whole art of confectionary, pastry, distilling, and the making of fine flavoured English wines from all kinds of fruits, herbs, and flowers; comprehending near four hundred and fifty easy and practical receipts, never before made know. Particularly, Preserving. Candying. Icing. Transparent Marmalade, Orange, Pine-Apple, Pistachio, and other Rich Creams. Caramil. Pastils. Bomboons. Puff, Spun, and Fruit-Pastes. Light-Biscuits. Puffs. Rich Seed-Cakes. Custards. Syllabues. Flummeries. Trifles. Whips. Fruite, and other Jellies. Pickles, &c. &c. Also New and easy directions for clarifying the different degrees of sugar, together with several bills of fare of deserts for private gentlemen's families. To which is added, a dissertation on the different species of fruits, and the art of distilling simple waters, cordials, perfumed oils, and essences. By an ingenious foreigner, now head confectioner to the Spanish ambassador in England.

Imprint

London : printed for G. Riley, and A. Cooke, at their Circulating Library, Queen Street, Berkley Square; J. Bell, near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand; J. Wheble, at No. 20. Pater-Noster-Row; and C. Etherington, at York, M.DCC.LXX. [1770]

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, T122787.

Connect to:

Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.