London and country cook and Accomplished housewife
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BEIN 2009 206: Plate opposite p. 250 (plate 48) has final fold supplied in facsimile., Earlier ed. has title: Compleat city and country cook., Signatures: A⁴ B-Z⁸ 2A⁴ 2B²., Booksellers' advertisement on p. [1] at end., and Includes index.
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Printed for Charles Hitch in Pater-noster Row, Stephen Austen in Newgate-Street, and John Hinton in St. Paul's Church-yard
Household accounts book for Hardwicke House on the banks of the river Thames in Oxfordshire includes itemized payments to kitchen staff as well as lists of ingredients and the quantities purchased. The household employed two cooks during this period; the accounts are signed by Mary Stent until Christmas quarter-day of 1748 when she received her last payment and then by her replacement by Ann Colet. Under Colet's management the list of ingredients becomes more detailed. The accounts also list payments for kitchen equipment (ladles, dishes, "wooden ware", needles, etc.) as well as other items needed by the staff including chamber pots and postage for letters. The accounts were reviewed by Philip Powys Esqr., who settled the accounts with the cooks
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Hardwick House, a Tudor-style house on the banks of the River Thames in Oxfordshire. It was the home for over 130 years of the Powys descendants., In English., Caption title from p. [1]: The cook's book, 1748, Mary Stent., Bound in contemporary vellum., and For further information, consult library staff.
