Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book" by Eliza Leslie is a comprehensive cookbook written in the mid-19th century. This culinary guide features an extensive collection of recipes covering a wide range of dishes, from soups and meats to desserts and pickles. Designed to help households produce delicious meals with ease, the book is particularly aimed at novice cooks and those looking to expand their culinary skills. The opening of the book outlines its purpose as a manual for domestic cookery, emphasizing practical, tried-and-tested recipes that are meant to cater to various tastes and occasions. Leslie provides detailed lists of ingredients and methods for preparing a multitude of dishes, ensuring even inexperienced cooks can confidently create satisfying meals. In addition, the preface sets the tone for the careful attention to quality in cooking, reminding readers that good cooking is only possible with quality ingredients. The preamble thus effectively communicates the book's commitment to elevating home cooking and simplifying the complexities often associated with it. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Soups

Fish

Shell-fish

Beef

Mutton

Veal

Pork

Ham and bacon

Venison

Poultry and game

Sauces

Vegetables

Bread, plain cakes, etc.

Plain desserts

Fine desserts

Fine cakes

Sweetmeats

Pickles

Preparations for the sick

Miscellaneous receipts

Worth knowing.

Credits:

Produced by Julia Miller, fh and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Release date is 2012-10-05