The lady's companion: or, an infallible guide to the fair sex. Containing, rules, directions, and observations, for their conduct and behaviour through all ages and circumstances of life, as virgins, wives, or widows. With Directions, how to obtain all Useful and Fashionable Accomplishments suitable to the Sex. In which are comprised all Parts of Good Housewifry, particularly rules and above one thousand different receipts in every kind of cookery. 1. Making all Sorts of Soops and Sauces. 2. Dressing Flesh, Fish, and Fowl; this last illustrated with Cuts, shewing how every Fowl, Wild or Tame, is to be trust for the Spit: Likewise all other Kind of Game. 3. Making above 50 different Sorts of Puddings, which are double the Number to be met with in any Book of this Kind. 4. The whole Art of Pastry in making Pies, Tarts, and Pasties. 5. Receipts for all Manner of Pickling, Collaring, &c. 6. For Preserving, making Creams, Jellies, and all Manner of Confectionary 7. Rules and Directions for

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  • The lady's companion: or, an infallible guide to the fair sex. Containing, rules, directions, and observations, for their conduct and behaviour through all ages and circumstances of life, as virgins, wives, or widows. With Directions, how to obtain all Useful and Fashionable Accomplishments suitable to the Sex. In which are comprised all Parts of Good Housewifry, particularly rules and above one thousand different receipts in every kind of cookery. 1. Making all Sorts of Soops and Sauces. 2. Dressing Flesh, Fish, and Fowl; this last illustrated with Cuts, shewing how every Fowl, Wild or Tame, is to be trust for the Spit: Likewise all other Kind of Game. 3. Making above 50 different Sorts of Puddings, which are double the Number to be met with in any Book of this Kind. 4. The whole Art of Pastry in making Pies, Tarts, and Pasties. 5. Receipts for all Manner of Pickling, Collaring, &c. 6. For Preserving, making Creams, Jellies, and all Manner of Confectionary 7. Rules and Directions for
  • Whole duty of a woman.
People / Organizations
Imprint
London: printed for T. Read, in Dogwell-Court, White-Fryers, Fleet-Street, MDCCXL. [1740]
Publication year
1740-1740
ESTC No.
N19119
Grub Street ID
8545
Description
[2],653,664-694p.,plates : ill. ; 4⁰
Note
Text continuous despite pagination.

First published in 1737 as 'The whole duty of a woman'.
Uncontrolled note
Pp. 529-540 misnumbered 527-538