Mrs. Beeton’s Dictionary of Every-Day Cookery

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The reasons for the publication of this Volume—the First of a Series of Practical Manuals which were to be called the “All About It” Books—were thus explained in a Prospectus issued a few months ago, and approved by the late Mrs. S. O. Beeton:— Many wishes have been expressed to the Authoress of the “Book of Household Management” that a volume of Recipes in Cookery should be written which could be sold at a price somewhere between the seven-and-sixpenny “Household Management” and the Shilling Cookery Book. Accordingly Mrs. Beeton has prepared a Collection of Recipes, and of other Practical Information concerning the Dressing and Serving of Family Fare, which, when completed, will be published, in serviceable binding, at the price of Three Shillings and Sixpence.

As Mistress, Cook, and Critic have declared that the details in Mrs. Beeton’s larger work are so easy to understand, the Authoress has followed, in every Recipe printed in the present Dictionary, the same simple plan she originally used. Regarding, however, the arrangement of the Recipes, the Authoress has chosen the Dictionary form, believing an alphabetical arrangement to be the best for a book that is being constantly referred to. By the adoption of a very intelligible system, all cross reference, and that very disagreeable[viii] parenthesis (See So-and-so) is avoided, except in a very few instances. Where any warning as to what should not be done is likely to be needed, it is given, as well as advice as to what ought to be done. No pains have been thought too great to make little things clearly understood. Trifles constitute perfection. It is just the knowledge or ignorance of little things that usually makes the difference between the success of the careful and experienced housewife or servant, and the failure of her who is careless and inexperienced. Mrs.

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  1. 08

    by Miss Susan Wicks

    Good reference book

  2. 08

    by Amazon Customer

    Exactly as expected and fast delivery

  3. 08

    by Paul w.

    I had a hard back book that gave precise weights and measurements, but this book is useless.

  4. 08

    by pac

    Excellent Read, Great Value For Money
    As an avid reader its handy to have your book collection with you. Some books are lacking images but hay that’s why we have imaginations. Overall very pleased.

  5. 08

    by Don

    Most of the recipes use measures that I can’t identify. What’s a quartern? These could have been in a key or appendix. It means the book is useless.

  6. 08

    by fox

    Ok good for old recipes

  7. 08

    by Ronald Pryce

    The old ones are the best !

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    by mrs susan fradgley

    Good book, well laid out, very comprehensive, as are all of Mrs I B’ books. , can easily b taken anywere

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