The accomplisht cook, or The art and mystery of cookery : Wherein the whole art is revealed in a more easie and perfect method, then hath been publisht in any language. Expert and ready wayes for the dressing of all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, with variety of sauces proper for each of them; and how to raise all manner of pastes; the best directions for all sorts of kickshaws; also the tearms of carving and sewing. An exact account of all dishes for all seasons of the year, with other a la mode curiosities. The second edition, with large additions throughout the whole work; besides two hundred figures of several forms for all manner of bake't meats, (either flesh or fish) as pyes, tarts, custards, cheesecakes, and florentines, placed in tables and directed to the pages they appertain to. Approved by the fifty five years experience and industry of Robert May, in his attendance on several persons of great honour.

  • May, Robert, 1588-
Date:
1665
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Accomplisht cook
Art and mystery of cookery.

Publication/Creation

London : printed by R. Wood, for Nath. Brooke, at the Angel in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange, 1665.

Physical description

32 unnumbered pages, 461 pages, 31 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered folded leaves : illustrations, portrait

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References note

Wing (2nd ed.) M1392.

Notes

With folded leaf bound between pages 224 and 225, and between pages 240 and 241.
With ten final advertisement leaves.
Includes index.
Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1764:2) s1999 miun s

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