The house-keeper's pocket-book, and compleat family cook: containing above twelve hundred curious and uncommon receipts in cookery, pastry, preserving, picking, 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. Also a copious and useful bill of fare, of all manner of provisions in season, for every month in the year; so that no person need be at a loss to provide an agreeable variety, at a moderate expence [sic]. Together with directions for making all sorts of wine, mead, cyder-shrub, &c. and distilling strong-waters, &c. after the most approved methods: for brewing ale and small-beer in a cleanly, frugal manner: and for managing and breeding poultry to advantage. Likewise several useful family receipts for taking out stains, preserving furniture, cleaning plate, taking iron-moulds out of linen, &c. As also easy t

People / Organizations

• Sarah Harrison (Author)
• Richard Ware I ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for R. Ware, 1755.

Publication year

1755

ESTC No.

T126601

Grub Street ID

176530

Description

[4],215,[25],36,[8]p. : ill. ; 12°.

Note

'Every one their own physician' with separate pagination and register

With an index

Cataloged from a cropped tp affecting the imprint

The words "cookery..." through "... collaring, &c." are in three columns separated by vertical lines.