The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; / In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.

A comprehensive domestic cookery and dinner-planning manual presents over sixteen hundred practical receipts and household directions, arranged alphabetically under eleven headings for easy reference. It covers soups, broths, fish, made dishes, meats, vegetables, sauces, preserves, pastries, menus for varying numbers of guests, and techniques such as curing, pickling, and preserving, with notes on seasonality. Written in plain terms for both luxurious and modest households, it emphasizes healthful preparation, economy, cleanliness, timing, and the adaptation of recipes to different servants’ skill levels.