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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting Look Back
This book is more a fascinating artifact than a usable cookbook for today, but it is quite fascinating. It's a facsimile reprint of the 1890 edition, and gives a look back into English society of the late 1800s. The type is small, but is readable. It has LOTS of pictures, i.e. a whole page of cakes, or meats, or cooking utensils. A lot of attention is paid to presentation...
Published on December 31, 2008 by C. Lycan
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5 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Kitschy, not for practical use.
I'm a cookbook collector which is why I bought this book. It stops there. I'm one who likes to USE my collection and this book is impossible to read. The printing is miniscule. While I think its a pretty cool thing to own, its useless.
Published on February 23, 2008 by Melissa M. Cantin
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting Look Back,
By C. Lycan (Longview, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mrs. Beeton's Cookery Book and Household Guide (Paperback)
This book is more a fascinating artifact than a usable cookbook for today, but it is quite fascinating. It's a facsimile reprint of the 1890 edition, and gives a look back into English society of the late 1800s. The type is small, but is readable. It has LOTS of pictures, i.e. a whole page of cakes, or meats, or cooking utensils. A lot of attention is paid to presentation of the meal, with molded desserts, platters of fish, instructions on how to fold napkins into fans or palm leaves, etc. It also gives cooking times for every type of meat imaginable... but how useful that is for today is debatable, as it assumes "good average fires". This book is worth a look if you're into history as well as cooking.
5 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Kitschy, not for practical use.,
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This review is from: Mrs. Beeton's Cookery Book and Household Guide (Paperback)
I'm a cookbook collector which is why I bought this book. It stops there. I'm one who likes to USE my collection and this book is impossible to read. The printing is miniscule.
While I think its a pretty cool thing to own, its useless. |
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Mrs. Beeton's Cookery Book and Household Guide by Isabella Mary Beeton (Paperback - November 1, 2007)
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