The Cook's Own Book (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Health, Indiana State Board Of

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440073325 ISBN 13 : 9781440073328

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master budget‑friendly cooking and practical kitchen guidance in one essential handbook.

This 19th‑century collection focuses on efficient, affordable meals and straightforward household management, helping readers plan, shop, and cook with confidence. The book combines reliable recipes with down‑to‑earth advice on keeping accounts, choosing ingredients, and organizing a busy kitchen.

From choosing poultry and fish to planning weekly allowances, it offers concrete steps for homemakers and cooks of every experience level. You’ll find plain, detailed directions for boiling, roasting, frying, and stewing, along with practical notes on potting, curing, and preserving foods. The book is designed to support steady, economical cooking without sacrificing flavor or variety.

• Clear guidance on shopping, budgeting, and measuring weekly food needs
• Step‑by‑step directions for common techniques and a wide range of dishes
• Practical sections on pantry management, kitchen tools, and meal planning
• Notes on adapting recipes for different family tastes and occasions

Ideal for readers who want reliable, old‑fashioned methods that stand up to modern budgeting needs, and for anyone seeking a thorough primer on domestic cooking and management.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Hitherto, or until of late years, the cook has had to educate himself, while the physician appropriates all the knowledge of antiquity, and of every succeeding age; his individual cases are all classed according to general principles, while the rules that have regulated the preparation of our food, have been discordant and unnatural. In the present age, indeed, cookery has been raised to the dignity of an art, and sages have given their treatises to the world. Very has a monument in the cemetery of Pre La Chaise, among the tombs of warriors, poets, and philosophers, recording of his life that it was consecrated to the useful arts. Virgil however, writes that the best delights of Elysium were showered upon those who received wounds for their country, who lived unspotted priests, who uttered verses worthy of A pollo, or who, like V3ry, consecrated their lives to the useful arts. On the utilitarian principle the cook should be much elevated in public estimation, and were he to form a strict alliance with the physician, the patriarchal ages would return, and men would die of nothing but sheer old age. After insanity, the most grievous affliction of Providence, or rather of improvidence and imprudence, is Dyspepsy: a malady that under different names has decimated the inhabitants of civilized countries, and of almost all countries, in which man is a cooking dnimal. To the dyspeptic, the sun has no cheering ray, the air no elasticity or balm; the flowers are without fragrance, music is without melody, and beauty without charms. Life is a blank; affection has lost its power to soothe, and the blessings scattered by Providence, are converted into ministers of torment. Food becomes a bane; the very staff that supports life, gives the flagellation that renders life a curse. All that can delight is lost, but all that can depress and sting, has a tenfold activity and po
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440073325
• ISBN 13: 9781440073328
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 342
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