The prudent housewife; or, Complete English cook, for town and country : Being the newest collection of the most genteel, and least expensive receipts in every branch of cookery, viz. going to market; for roasting, boiling, frying, hashing, stewing, broling, baking, and fricasseeing. Also, for making pudings, curtards, cakes, cheese cakes, pies, tarts, ragouts, soups, jellies, syllabues, wines, &c. To which are added, selected from the papers of a lady of distinction, lately deceased. New and infallible rules to be observed, in packling, preserving, brewing, &c. And in order to render it still more valuable than any other publication that hath appeared, a treasure of valuable medicines, for the cure of every disorder, crowns the whole of this work; which coutains every instruction that relates to the pleasing of the palate, and the preservation of that inestimable blessing, health. Written by Mrs. Fisher, of Richmond.

Author/creator Fisher
Format Electronic
EditionThe fourth edition, with additions.
Publication InfoLondon : Printed by T. Sabine, at the London and Middlesex Printing-Office, No. 81, Shoelane, Fleet-street; where printing is expeditiously performed in all its various branches of lettter-press and copper-plate, on the most reasonable terms, [1788]
Description144 pages, plate ; 8⁰.
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General noteAt foot of plate: Engraved for the Prudent Housewife, and published as the act directs, July 21. 1788.
General notePrice on title page: Price One Shilling.
General noteReproduction of original from Library of Congress.
References English Short Title Catalog, N63771.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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