Cookery made easy : being a complete system of domestic management, uniting elegance with economy : to which are added instructions for trussing and carving, with several descriptive plates; method of curing and drying hams and tongues, mushroom and walnut ketchups, Quin's sauce, vinegars, &c., &c., with other necessary information for small families, housekeepers, &c., the whole being the result of actual experience / by Michael Willis.

  • Willis, Michael, active 1825.
Date:
1830
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Credit: Cookery made easy : being a complete system of domestic management, uniting elegance with economy : to which are added instructions for trussing and carving, with several descriptive plates; method of curing and drying hams and tongues, mushroom and walnut ketchups, Quin's sauce, vinegars, &c., &c., with other necessary information for small families, housekeepers, &c., the whole being the result of actual experience / by Michael Willis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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