The British housewife: or, the cook, housekeeper's, and gardiner's companion. Calculated for the Service both of London and the Country; And directing what is necessary to be done in the Providing for, Conducting, and Managing a Family throughout the Year. Containing a general account of fresh provisions of all Kinds. Of the several foreign Articles for the Table, ... and the different Kinds of Spices, ... and other Ingredients used in Pickling and Preserving at Home: ... Together with the Nature of all Kinds of Foods, ...; a bill of fare for each month, the Art of Marketing ...; and the making as well as chusing of Hams, ... and other Store Dishes. Also Directions for plain Roasting and Boiling; and for the Dressing of all Sorts of Made Dishes ...; and the preparing the Desert in all its Articles. Containing a greater Variety than was ever before publish'd, of the most Elegant, yet least Expensive receipts in Cookery, ... Soups, ... Cakes, ... Sweetmeats, ... Cordials, And Distillery. To

People / Organizations

• Martha Bradley (Author)
• Stanley Crowder ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for S. Crowder and H. Woodgate, at the Golden Ball in Paternoster Row, [1760?]

Publication year

1760

ESTC No.

T111915

Grub Street ID

163974

Description

2v.,plates ; 8°.

Note

Advertised in the Gentleman's Magazine and Scots Magazine, January 1756

Published in weekly parts.

Uncontrolled note

Vol. 1 = 752p., vol. 2 = 469p. BL has v. 1 only, bound in 2v., the first 424p., the second 425-752p