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A good huswifes handmaide for the kitchin : Containing manie principall pointes of cookerie, aswell how to dresse meates, after sundrie the best fashions vsed in England and other countries, with their apt and proper sawces, both for flesh and fish, as also the orderly seruing of the same to the table. Hereunto are annexed, sundrie necessarie conceits for the preseruation of health. Verie meete to be adioned to the good huswifes closet of prouision for her houshold.
Date: 1594
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The Queens closet opened : being incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving, and candying &c. which were presented to the Queen / by the most experienc'd persons of the times, many whereof were had in esteem when she pleased to descend to private recreations.
Date: 1696
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The gentlewoman's delight in cookery : containing the newest art of dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, or fish, either roasted, boiled, baked, stewed, fryed, broyled, hasht or frigaced. Together with the true way of raising paste, and making pyes, pasties, tarts, cakes, custards, &c. Also how to make all sorts of broths, caudles, syrups, jellies; and the exact way of making divers sorts of pickles, &c. Likewise directions for garnishing, serving up, and setting out a table; ... To which is added, the art of preserving, conserving, and candying all sorts of fruits, flowers, buds, roots, herbs, &c. With a most excellent receipt for making beautifying water to clear the face, neck, hands, & whiten the skin. Very beneficial for all young gentlewomen and servant-maids. Licensed according to order.
Date: [1690?]
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The art of cookery refin'd and augmented : containing an abstract of some rare and rich unpublished receipts of cookery / collected from the practise of that incomparable master of these arts, Mr. Jos. Cooper, chiefe cook to the late king ; with severall other practises by the author ; with an addition of preserves, conserves, &c., offering an infallible delight to all judicious readers.
Cooper, Joseph, chiefe cook to the late kingDate: 1654
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The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor : directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any sort of these employments. Viz. Waiting-woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under-cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid. Whereunto is added a supplement containing the choicest receipts, and rarest secrets in physick and chirurgery. Composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens.
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670Date: 1685
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The Ladies companion, or, A table furnished with sundry sorts of pies and tarts : gracefull at a feast, with many excellent receipts for preserving, conserving, and candying of all manner of fruits, with the making of marchpain, marmalet, and quindenis / By persons of quality whose names are mentioned.
Date: 1654. [i.e. 1653]
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The good husvvifes ievvell : VVherein is to be found most excellent and rare deuises for conceits in cookerie, found out by the practise of Thomas Dawson. Whereunto is adioyned sundry approued reseits for many soueraine oyles, and the way to distill many precious waters, with diuers approued medicines for many diseases. Also certaine approued points of husbandry, very necessarie for all husbandmen to know.
Dawson, ThomasDate: 1587
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The French cook : prescribing the way of making ready of all sorts of meats, fish and flesh, with the proper sauces ... : also the preparation of all herbs and fruits ... : together with a treatise of conserves, both dry and liquid ... : with an alphabeticall table explaining the hard words and other usefull tables / written in French by Monsieur De La Varenne ... ; and now Englished by I.D.G.
La Varenne, François Pierre de, 1618-1678Date: 1653
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The cook's guide: or, Rare receipts for cookery : Published and set forth particularly for ladies and gentlwomen; being very beneficial for all those that desire the true way of dressing of all sorts of flesh, fowles, and fish; the best directions for all manner of kickshaws, and the most ho-good sawces: whereby noble persons and others in their hospitalities may be gratified in their gusto's. Never before printed. By Hannah Wolley.
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670Date: 1664
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A supplement to The queen-like closet, or, A little of everything : presented to all ingenious ladies, and gentlewomen / by Hannah Woolley.
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670Date: 1680
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A choice manual, or, Rare and select secrets in physick and chyrurgery: collected, and practised by the Right Honourable, the Countesse of Kent, late deceased. Whereto are added several experiments of the vertue of Gascon powder, and lapis contra yarvam by a professor of physick. As also most exquisite waies of preserving, conserving, candying &c.
Kent, Elizabeth Grey, Countess of, 1581-1651Date: 1682
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The family-dictionary; or, Houshold companion : wherein are alphabetically laid down exact rules and choice physical receipts for the preservation of health, prevention of sickness, and curing the several diseases, distempers, and grievances, incident to men, women, and children. Also, directions for making oils, ointments, salves, cordial-waters, powders, pills, bolus's, lozenges, chymical preparations, physical-wines, ales, and other liquors, &c. and descriptions of the virtues of herbs, fruits, flowers, seeds, roots, barks, minerals, and parts of living creatures, used in medicinal potions, &c. Likewise, directions for cookery, in dressing flesh, fish, fowl, seasoning, garnishing, sauces, and serving-up in the best and most acceptable manner. The whole art of pastry, conserving, preserving, candying, confectioning, &c. Also, the way of making all sorts of perfumes, beautifying-waters, pomatums, washes, sweet-balls, sweet-bags, and essences: taking spots and stains out of garments, linen, &c. and preserving them from moths, &c. Washing point, sarsnets, and restoring faded linen; and scowering, or brightning tarnished gold, or silver lace, plate, &c. Together, vvith the art of making all sorts of English vvines, as currants, cherries, gooseberries, and cyder, mead, metheglin, &c. And the art of fining, and recovering foul and faded wines. The mystery of pickling, and keeping all sorts of pickles throughout the year. To which is added, as an appendix, the explanation of physical terms, bills of fare in all seasons of the year. With the art of carving. And many other useful matters. / By J.H.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713Date: [between 1600 and 1699?]
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The vvhole body of cookery dissected, taught, and fully manifested, methodically, artificially, and according to the best tradition of the English, French, Italian, Dutch, &c. Or, A sympathy of all varieties in naturall compounds in that mysterie : Wherein is contained certain bills of fare for the seasons of the year, for feasts and common diets. Whereunto is annexed a second part of rare receipts of cookery: with certain useful traditions. With a book of preserving, conserving and candying, after the most exquisite and newest manner: delectable for ladies and gentlewomen.
Rabisha, WilliamDate: 1673
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The Queens closet opened : incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving and candying &c., which were presented unto the Queen by the most experienced persons of the times, many whereof were had in esteem when she pleased to descend to private recreations.
Date: 1661
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Delights for ladies : to adorn their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories. With beauties, banquets, perfumes and waters. Read, practice, and censure.
Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1608Date: 1647
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The accomplish'd ladies delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery : Containing I. The art of preserving, and candying fruits and flowers, and the making of all sorts of conserves, syrups, and jellies. II. The physical cabinet, or excellent receipts in physick and chirurgery, together with some rare beautifying waters, to adorn and add lovliness to the face and body: and also some new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling. III. The compleat cooks guide, or, directions for dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl and fish, both in the English and French mode, with all sauces and sallets; and the making pyes, pasties, tarts, and custards, with the forms and shapes of many of them.
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670Date: 1685
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A help to discourse: or, more merriment mixt with serious matters : Consisting of witty, philosophical, grammatical, physical, astronomical, questions and answers. As also epigrams, epitaphs, riddles, jests, poesies, love-toyes, &c. are added, and plentiful'y dispersed. Together with The country-mans counsellour, and his yearly oracle, and prognostication, with additions, or a help to preserve his health; never before printed. As also the art of cookery, and sundry experiments, and their extractions of oyl, waters, &c.
Date: 1667
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Cookery and pastry / as taught and practised by Mrs. Maciver, teacher of those arts in Edinburgh.
MacIver, Susanna.Date: 1787
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The treasurie of hidden secrets: commonly called, The good-huswiues closet of prouision : for the health of her houshold. Gathered out of sundry experiments, lately practised by men of great knowledge: and now newly enlarged, with diuers necessary physicke helpes, and knowledge of the names and naturall disposition of diseases that most commonly happen to men and women.
Partridge, John, active 1566-1573Date: 1627
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Rare and excellent receipts : Experienc'd, and taught by Mrs. Mary Tillinghast. And now printed for the use of her scholars only.
Tillinghast, MaryDate: printed in the year, 1690
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The family dictionary, or, Houshold [sic] companion : wherein are alphabetically laid down exact rules and choice physical receipts for the preservation of health ... directions for making oils, ointments, salves, ... chymical preparations, physical-wines, ales and other liquors and descriptions of the virtues of herbs, fruits, flowers ... and parts of living creatures used in medicinal potions, ... likewise directions for cookery, ... also the way of making all sorts of perfumes ... together with the art of making all sorts of English wines, ... the mystery of pickling and keeping all sorts of pickles ... : to which is added as an appendix the explanation of physical terms, bills of fare ... : with the art of carving and many other useful matters / by J.H.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713Date: 1695
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The French cook : prescribing the way of making ready of all sorts of meats, fish and flesh, with the proper sauce, either to procure appetite, or to advance the power of digestion: with the whole skill of pastry-work. Together with about 200. excellent receits for the best sorts of pottages, both in Lent, and out of Lent. Also a treatise of conserves, both dry and liquid, after the best fashion. The third edition. With an addition of some choice receits grown in use amongst the nobility and gentry, by a prime artist of our own nation. Englished by J.D.G.
La Varenne, François Pierre de, 1618-1678Date: 1673
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The Queens closet opened : incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving, and candying &c. which were presented unto the queen / by the most experienced persons of the times, many whereof were had in esteem when she pleased to descend to private recreations.
Date: 1659
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The court of curiosities, and The cabinet of rarities : with the new way of wooing.
Date: [1685]
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The French cook : prescribing the way of making ready of all sorts of meats, fish, and flesh, with the proper sauces either to procure appetite or to advance the power of digestion : with the whole skill of pastry work : together with a treatise of conserves both dry and liquid a la mode de France / written in French by Monsieur De La Varenne ; and now Englished by I.D.G.
La Varenne, François Pierre de, 1618-1678Date: 1654