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Murrels tvvo books of cookerie and carving.
Murrell, John, active 17th centuryDate: 1638- Books
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The good hous-wiues treasurie : Beeing a verye necessarie booke instructing to the dressing of meates. Hereunto is also annexed sundrie holsome medicines for diuers diseases.
Date: 1588- Books
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Murrels tvvo books of cookerie and carving.
Murrell, John, active 17th centuryDate: 1641- Books
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Professed cookery: containing boiling, roasting, pastry, preserving, pickling, potting, made-wines, gellies, and part of confectionaries. With an essay upon the lady's art of cookery: together with a plan of house-keeping. By Ann Cook, Teacher of the True Art of Cookery.
Cook, Ann, Writer on Cookery.Date: [1760?]- Books
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England's newest way in all sorts of cookery, pastry, and all pickles that are fit to be used. Adorn'd with copper plates, setting forth the Manner of placing Dishes upon Tables; And the Newest Fashions of Mince-Pies. By Henry Howard, Free-Cook of London, and late Cook to his Grace the Duke of Ormond, and since to the Earl of Salisbury, and Earl of Winchelsea. Like Wise The Best Receits for making Cakes, Mackroons, Biskets, Ginger bread, French-Bread: As also for Preserving, Conserving, Candying and Drying Fruits, Confectioning and making of Creams, Syllabubs, and Marmalades of several sorts.
Howard, Henry, active 1708.Date: 1717