Mrs. A.B. Marshall's larger cookery book of extra recipes.

  • Marshall, A. B. (Agnes Bertha), 1855-1905.
Date:
[1891?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Mrs. A.B. Marshall's larger cookery book of extra recipes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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A FEW EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESS ON MRS. A. B. MARSHALL’S PUBLIC LECTURES. The ‘giimes, October 17, 1887. ‘A Pretty Luncheon.’ ‘ A crowded audience, which filled to its utmost capacity the large banqueting hall of Willis’s Rooms, assembled on Saturday afternoon to hear Mrs. A. B. Marshall demonstratively explain several of the operations of high-class cookery, and to watch her prepare many recherche dishes, which she classified together under the title “ A Pretty Luncheon.” In a few clear words Mrs. Marshall explained what she intended to do, and how she proposed to proceed, and for two hours she completely engrossed the earnest attention of some 600 people, instructing and entertaining them at the same time. At the end of the lecture, or performance, whichever it may be called, her labours elicited a unanimous outburst of applause.’ The ^JTotning jl'osf, October 17, 1887. ‘ Watching Mrs. Marshall, it seemed the simplest thing in the woidd to bone game and poultry, to make purees, sauces, chaudfroids, omelets, jellies and ices ; but what was done with consummate ease at Willis’s Rooms, must, in the nature of things, have been the result of great patience and practice, combined with the gift of natural dexterity. At the close of the lecture, the various plats compounded were exhibited on the platform, and attracted much admiration.’ The JIcchs 'gilercurp, August 16, 1887. ‘A Pretty Luncheon.’ ‘ It was delightful to watch her and listen to her. Her operations have been compared to legerdemain, so deftly and expeditiously are they performed; but it is not the object of her conjuring to mystify, but to make clear. Her talk is not meant to divert the attention of her bearers, and so heighten the surprise that is in store for them, but to show how they may do for themselves what she so gracefully and effectively performs. Mrs. Marshall wastes nothing. She does not even waste words; still less does she waste time. When her luncheon is finished her work is done. There is no litter behind to clear up. She believes in sending out a meal from the kitchen as neatly as she serves it in the dining room, and in leaving the kitchen as orderly at the end of her operations as at the beginning. She works, in fact, without fuss and without stain. The aprons she and her assistants wore on Monday may do for any number of “ Pretty Luncheons.” They must have been worn for form’s sake. Their protective value was wholly fanciful.’ jJietucasfle (Sfjronicle, August 18, 1887. ‘ At the Pretty Luncheon.’ ‘ In well chosen words she informed her audience what she was going to cook, and how she was going to do it. Her instructions are clear and direct, but while she was talking her hands were never for a moment idle. The most difficult feats in cooking seemed ridiculously easy under her skilled manipulation. Talk of transformation scenes, or legerdemain, they were as nothing to the astounding changes Mrs. Marshall made. ‘ We looked with a feeling akin to awe at the graceful, kindly lady, who is rapidly raising cookery to a fine art. The most fastidious could watch Mrs. Marshall with pleasure, and the highest compliment that I can pay her is to say that after seeing her cook one longs to partake of the viands she has prepared. ‘ After Mrs. Marshall finishes dishing up she announces that the lecture is over, and not till then does anyone rise from a seat—a conclusive proof of how interesting her operations must have been.’ 'gSmningljam Patfp p*osf, August 10. 1 None of those present could fail to see that the lady was a most accomplished artist, and such of the audience as were responsible for furnishing forth the tables of wealthy families must have longed to take a few lessons from her at her London school.’ ptancljesfer (Sitarbian, Avgust 12. ‘ All the processes were carried out with a skill and dexterity which must have made Mrs. Marshall the envy of ’every lady present.’ plentcastle Paifp ^Lca6er, August is. ‘ Mrs. Marshall managed to keep her audience perfectly spell-bound. The lecture throughout was of the most wonderful character.’