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The accomplisht cook, or, The art and mystery of cookery : wherein the whole art is revealed in a more easie and perfect method, than hath been publisht in any language ... / approved by ... Robert May.
Robert MayDate: 1678
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The accomplished ladies rich closet of rarities, or, The ingenious gentlewoman and servant-maids delightful companion : containing many excellent things for the accomplishment of the female sex ... : to which is added a second part containing directions for the guidance of a young gentlewoman as to her behaviour and seemly deportment ... : together with ... matters ... not published in the former editions.
John ShurleyDate: [1690]
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Delightes for ladies : to adorne their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories: with beauties, banquets, perfumes & waters.
Hugh PlatDate: 1609
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The art of cookery made plain and easy : which far exceeds any thing of the kind yet published ... To which are added, by way of appendix, one hundred and fifty new and useful receipts, and a copious index / by a Lady.
Hannah GlasseDate: [1780?]
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The good husvvifes iewell : VVherein is to he [sic] found most excellend [sic] and rare deuises for conceites in cookery, found out by the practise of Thomas Dawson. Wherevnto is adioyned sundry approued receits for many soueraine oyles, and the way to distill many precious waters, with diuers approued medicines for many diseases. Also certain approued points of husbandry, very necessary for all husbandmen to know.
Thomas DawsonDate: [1596]
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The treasurie of hidden secrets, commonly called, The good-huswiues closet of prouision, for the health of her houshold : Gathered out of sundrie experiments, lately practised by men of great knowledge: and now newly inlarged with diuers necessary physicke helpes, and knowledge of the names and disposition of diseases, that most commonly happen to men and women. Not impertinent for euery good huswife to vse in her house, amongst her owne familie.
John PartridgeDate: 1633
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English housewifery : exemplified in above four hundred and fifty receipts, giving directions in most parts of cookery ... / by Elizabeth Moxon. With an appendix containing upwards of seventy receipts ... communicated to the publisher by several gentle women in the neighbourhood .... To this edition is now added an introduction giving an account of the times when river fish are in season; and a table shewing at one view the proper seasons for sea fish.
Elizabeth MoxonDate: 1789
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The art of cookery, made plain and easy : To which are added one hundred and fifty new receipts, a copious index, and a modern bill of fare, for each month, in the manner the dishes are placed upon the table / by H. Glasse.
Hannah GlasseDate: 1781
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The new book of cookery, or, Every woman a perfect cook: containing the greatest variety of approved receipts in all the branches of cookery and confectionary ... To which are added, the best instructions for marketing, and sundry modern bills of fare ... Likewise a collection of phisical receipts for families &c ... / by Mrs. Eliz. Price, assisted by others who have made the art of cookery their constant study.
Price, Elizabeth, Mrs.Date: [1780?]
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A delightfull daily exercise for ladies and gentlewomen : Whereby is set foorth the secrete misteries of the purest preseruings in glasses and other confrictionaries, as making of breads, pastes, preserues, suckets, marmalates, tartstuffes, rough candies, with many other things neuer before in print. Whereto is added a booke of cookery. By Iohn Murrell professor thereof.
Murrell, John, active 17th centuryDate: 1621
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The compleat cook : expertly prescribing the most ready wayes whether [brace] Italian, Spanish, or French, for dressing of flesh and fish, ordering of sauces, or making of pastrey.
W. M.Date: 1663
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The compleat English and French cook : describing the best and newest ways of ordering and dressing all sorts of flesh, fish, and fowl, whether boiled, baked stewed, roasted, broiled, frigassied, fried, souc'd, marrinated, or pickled; with their proper sauces and garnishes: together with all manner of the most approved soops and potages used, either in England or France.
Date: 1690
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English housewifery : exemplified in above four hundred and fifty receipts, giving directions in most parts of cookery ... / by Elizabeth Moxon. With an appendix containing upwards of seventy receipts ... communicated to the publisher by several gentle women in the neighbourhood .... To this edition is now added an introduction giving an account of the times when river fish are in season; and a table shewing at one view the proper seasons for sea fish.
Elizabeth MoxonDate: 1790
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The young cooks monitor: or, Directions for cookery and distilling : Being a choice compendium of excellent receipts. Made publick for the use and benefit of my schollars. / By M.H.
M. H.Date: 1683
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The treasurie of commodious conceites, and hidden secrets : Commonly called, The good huswiues closet of prouision, for the health of her houshold. : Meete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates. : Gathered out of sundry experiments lately practised by men of great knowledge.
John PartridgeDate: 1584..
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The culinary recipes of Medieval England : an epitome of recipes from extant medieval English culinary manuscripts / compiled and translated by Constance B. Hieatt.
Date: 2013
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The British housewife, or, The cook, housekeeper's and gardiner's companion / by Martha Bradley, 1756.
Bradley, MarthaDate: 1996-1998
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Delights for ladies : to adorne their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories with beauties, banquets, perfumes, and waters.
Hugh PlatDate: 1632
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The good husvvifes iewell : Wherein is to bee found most excellent and rare deuises, for co[n]ceits in cookery, found out by the practise of Thomas Dawson. Whereunto are adioyned sundry aproued receits for many soueraigne oyles, and the way to distill many pretious waters, with diuers approued medicines for many diseases. Also certaine approoued points of husbandry very necessary for all husbandmen to know.
Thomas DawsonDate: [1610]
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A nevv booke of cookerie : VVherein is set forth a most perfect direction to furnish an extraordinary, or ordinary feast, either in Summer or Winter. Also a bill of fare for fifh-dayes, fasting-dayes, ember-weekes, or Lent. And likewise the most commendable fashion of dressing, or sowcing, either flesh, fish, or fowle: for making of iellies, and other mide-dishes for seruice, to beautifie either noble-mans or gentlemans table. Together with the newest fashion of cutting vp any fowle. All set forth according to the now, new, English and French fashion: By Iohn Murrell.
Murrell, John, active 17th centuryDate: 1617
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The accomplisht cook, or, The art and mystery of cookery : wherein the whole art is revealed in a more easie and perfect method than hath been publisht in any language ... / approved by the fifty years experience and industry of Robert May in his attendance on several persons of honour.
Robert MayDate: 1660
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The Queens closet opened : Comprehending several hundreds of experienced receipts, and incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving, candying, cooking, &c. which were presented to the Queen, by the most eminent doctors in physick, chyrurgions, oculists and divers persons of honour, whose names are all fixed to their receipts, many whereof were had in esteem, when she pleased to descend to private recreations. Containing I. The Queens physical cabbinet, or excellent receipts in physick, chyrurgery, &c. II. The Queens delight,; or the art of preserving, conserving, candying; as also, a right knowledge of making perfumes and distilling the most excellent waters. III. The compleat cook; or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl and fish, ordering of sauces, and making of pastry, according to the English, French, Spanish and Italian mode.
Date: 1684