Mrs. Beeton’s Dictionary of Every-Day Cookery
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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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Additional information
| Publisher | anboco (13 Aug. 2016) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 6906 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 742 pages |
by Miss Susan Wicks
Good reference book
by Amazon Customer
Exactly as expected and fast delivery
by Paul w.
I had a hard back book that gave precise weights and measurements, but this book is useless.
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.
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.
by fox
Ok good for old recipes
by Ronald Pryce
The old ones are the best !
by mrs susan fradgley
Good book, well laid out, very comprehensive, as are all of Mrs I B’ books. , can easily b taken anywere