The ladies' assistant for regulating and supplying the table : Being a complete system of cookery, &c. Containing the most select bills of fare, properly disposed, for family dinners of five dishes to two courses of eleven and fifteen; with bills of fare for suppers, from five dishes to nineteen; and several deserts: including the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds, and full directions for preparing them in the most approved manner, by which a continual change may be made, as wanted, from the several bills of fare. Likewise, directions for brewing, making English wines, raspberry, orange, and lemon-brandies, &c also, remarks on kitchen-poisons and necessary cautions thereon. With an appendix, containing general particulars on the breeding, rearing, and management of Poultry; on the business of the dairy; and on the management of the kitchen and fruit garden. Originally published from the manuscript collection of Mrs. Charlotte Mason, a professed housekeeper, who had upwards of thirty years experience in families of the first fashion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mason, Charlotte.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

Lady's assistant for regulating and supplying her table

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, English.

Physical Description:

20 unnumbered pages,484 pages, 22 unnumbered pages,23 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰

Edition:

The seventh edition, enlarged, corrected, and improved to the present time.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Walter, at Homer's-Head, Charing-Cross, M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

First published in 1773 as 'The lady's assistant for regulating and supplying her table'.

With an index and an appendix; the appendix has a separate titlepage.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N11608.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.