The house-Keeper's pocket-book, and compleat family cook: containing about twelve hundred curious and uncommon receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, Collaring, &c. With Plain and easy Instruction 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. 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 Tables

People / Organizations

• Sarah Harrison (Author)
• Richard Ware II ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")
• Catherine Ware ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for C. and R. Ware, at the Bible and Sun on Ludgate-Hill, M.DCC.LXIV. [1764]

Publication year

1764

ESTC No.

T90919

Grub Street ID

310763

Description

[4],215,[25],36,[8]p. ; 12°.

Note

'Every one their own physician .. ' has separate register and pagination

With an index

Price from imprint: price 2s. 6d.