The Female Economist; or, A Plain System of Cookery: for the Use of Families, containing Eight Hundred and Fifty Valuable Receipts (Mrs. Smith) International Foreword by Sanford Larkey

Foreword by Sanford Larkey

It is the desire to get involved "the secret ingredient"

with numerous recipes and menus for Dutch and Northern European fare

and filleting Russian fish

The Female Economist; or, A Plain System of Cookery: for the Use of Families, containing Eight Hundred and Fifty Valuable Receipts (Mrs. Smith) International Foreword by Sanford Larkey[iii] xxiv, 350 pp. Frontis. engraving of game lying on a table, awaiting plucking and preparing. Period 3 4 cloth & marbled boards. Third Edition. London: Mathews & Leigh, 1810. One of the more influential early nineteenth century English cookbooks, with revised editions appearing as late as 1828. The author intended this work to be a practical guide for " Females in the middle classes of society, who superintend their own family affairs, and who