Modern cookery for private families by Eliza Acton
"Modern Cookery for Private Families" by Eliza Acton is a cookery book first published in 1845. This groundbreaking work revolutionized recipe writing by introducing exact ingredients, quantities, and cooking times—a major departure from previous cookbooks. Praised by culinary writers including Delia Smith and Elizabeth David, it became a bestseller through thirteen editions. The book features everything from fish to puddings, written in Acton's distinctive storytelling style, with practical essays and personal asides
that guide cooks through each dish with clarity and charm. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Acton, Eliza, 1799-1859 |
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| Title | Modern cookery for private families |
| Original Publication | London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1882. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Cookery_for_Private_Families |
| Credits | Aaron Adrignola and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | TX: Technology: Home economics |
| Subject | Cooking, English |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 72482 |
| Release Date | Dec 23, 2023 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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