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The COOK'S ORACLE
18251354New York: Evert Duyckinck George Long E. Bliss & E. White. 1825. First American Edition. Hardcover. Faux quarter bound gray boards with white spine. Good. 2 v-xii 371 pages. 19 x 11 cm. Title conclusion Also The Art of Composing the Most Simple and Most Highly Finished Broths Gravies Soups Sauces Store Sauces and Flavoring Essences: Pastry Preserves Puddings &c. and An Easy Certain and Economical Process for preparing PICKLES By which they will be ready in a Fortnight and remain good for Years. The Quantity of each Article is ACCURATELY STATED BY WEIGHT AND MEASURE; The whole being the result of ACTUAL EXPERIMENTS Instituted in the Kitchen of a Physician. The whole work has again been carefully revised by the author of "THE ART OF INVIGORATING LIFE BY FOOD" &c. "Miscuit utile dulci." The author William Kitchiner M.D. 1775-1827 was a wealthy physician of London who did not practice his profession but was a food science and music enthusiast. An early devotee of mastication Masticate denticate chump grind and swallow Kitchiner purportedly did most of his own cooking and cleaning. First published in 1817 this extensive guide for the domestic cook took the UK and US by storm making Kitchiner a household name and an inspiration for many later cookbook authors including Mrs. Beeton who lifted a number of her recipes directly from his book. Owner's inscription on title page. Rebound with one page of index missing. Usual foxing throughout. LOWENSTEIN 99 <br/><br/> Evert Duyckinck, George Long, E. Bliss & E. White. hardcover books
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