The British cook's companion: being a collection of four hundred of the newest and best receipts ...: adorned with copper plates, setting forth the manner of placing dishes upon tables: the proper seasons for fish, fowls and rabbets; with bills of fare for every month in the year, receipts for twenty-five different sorts of puddings, and one, excellent for curing the spleen: fitted for the use of all publick and private families by Henry Howard, free cook of London

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  • The British cook's companion: being a collection of four hundred of the newest and best receipts ...: adorned with copper plates, setting forth the manner of placing dishes upon tables: the proper seasons for fish, fowls and rabbets; with bills of fare for every month in the year, receipts for twenty-five different sorts of puddings, and one, excellent for curing the spleen: fitted for the use of all publick and private families by Henry Howard, free cook of London
  • England's newest way in all sorts of cookery, pastry, and all pickles that are fit to be used
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Imprint
London : printed for R. Knaplock, D. Midwinter, J. Knapton, B. Lintot, J. Osborn, A. Bettesworth, B. Sprint, W. Innys, R. Robinson, and A. Ward, 1729. The fifth edition.; ..
Publication year
1729
ESTC No.
N473880
Grub Street ID
359283
Description
[24], 224 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 8°.
Note
Originally published London, 1703, under title: England's newest way in all sorts of cookery, pastry, and all pickles that are fit to be used. Cf. Vicaire, G. Bibl. gastronimique, col. 447-448

A reissue, with cancel t.p., of the sheets used for the previous edition, issued under the original title and also called "fifth edition" (London, 1726) Cf. Cagle 762; ESTC (RLIN) T91231

Illustrations: 2 engravings depicting table settings and one depicting "The several fashions of mince pye."; Height: 17 cm

Signatures: A]8] (-A1) a]4] B-P]8

Catalogued from NN OPAC record.