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Cooking, British

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  • Sri Lanka: a local cook and another man are straining soup through a pair of breeches into a tureen; their British employers are shocked and the woman faints. Ink drawing, 1859.
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Works

  • view Recipes / Bradford Lifeboat Bazaar.
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    Recipes / Bradford Lifeboat Bazaar.

    Bradford Lifeboat Bazaar. | Date: 1909
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    The laird and farmer. A dialogue upon farming, trade, cookery, and their method of living in Scotland, balanc'd with that of England. In sixteen chapters. By the author of the Familiar catechism.

    Author of the Familar catechism. | Date: [1740?]
  • view High-class cookery made easy / by Mrs. Hart.
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    High-class cookery made easy / by Mrs. Hart.

    Hart, J., Mrs. | Date: [c.1880]
  • view Domestic economy, and cookery, for rich and poor : containing an account of the best English, Scotch, French, Oriental, and other foreign dishes ; preparations of broths and milks for consumption ; receipts for sea-faring men, travellers, and children's food ; together with estimates and comparisons of dinners and dishes ;  the whole composed with the utmost attention to health, economy, and elegance / by a Lady.
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    Domestic economy, and cookery, for rich and poor : containing an account of the best English, Scotch, French, Oriental, and other foreign dishes ; preparations of broths and milks for consumption ; receipts for sea-faring men, travellers, and children's food ; together with estimates and comparisons of dinners and dishes ; the whole composed with the utmost attention to health, economy, and elegance / by a Lady.

    | Date: 1827
  • view Middle class cookery book / compiled and edited for the Manchester School of Domestic Economy and Cookery.
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    Middle class cookery book / compiled and edited for the Manchester School of Domestic Economy and Cookery.

    | Date: 1912
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