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Brooks, Catharine. The experienced English Housekeeper, for the use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. Written purely from practice; being an entire new collection of the most Genteel yet least Expensive Receipts in every Branch of Cookery and Confectionary, viz. Roasting, Boiling, Stewing, Ragoos, Soups, Sauces, Fricaseys, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Cheesecakes, Custards, Jellies, Potting, Candying, Collaring, Pickling, Preseving [sic], Made Wines, &c Together with the Art of Marketing, and a Correct List of every thing in Season in each month of the Year; with General Directions for the Courses or Removes. The Whole made easy to the meanest capacity, and far more useful to Young Beginners than any Book of the Kind ever yet published. By Catharine Brooks. To which is added, the Physical Directory; Being near two hundred safe and certain receipts for the cure of most disorders incident to the Human Body. Also the whole Art of Clear-starching, Ironing, &c. The tenth edition, with the addition of a great variety of made dishes, and useful instructions.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 13117, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/13117. Accessed 2024-12-22.

@book{ wphp_13117
  author={Brooks,Catharine},
  year={1792},
  title={The experienced English Housekeeper, for the use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. Written purely from practice; being an entire new collection of the most Genteel yet least Expensive Receipts in every Branch of Cookery and Confectionary, viz. Roasting, Boiling, Stewing, Ragoos, Soups, Sauces, Fricaseys, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Cheesecakes, Custards, Jellies, Potting, Candying, Collaring, Pickling, Preseving [sic], Made Wines, &c Together with the Art of Marketing, and a Correct List of every thing in Season in each month of the Year; with General Directions for the Courses or Removes. The Whole made easy to the meanest capacity, and far more useful to Young Beginners than any Book of the Kind ever yet published. By Catharine Brooks. To which is added, the Physical Directory; Being near two hundred safe and certain receipts for the cure of most disorders incident to the Human Body. Also the whole Art of Clear-starching, Ironing, &c. The tenth edition, with the addition of a great variety of made dishes, and useful instructions.},
  publisher={John Sadler \& W. Clements \& J. Eves},
  address={London},    }

Suggestions and Comments for The experienced English Housekeeper, for the use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. Written purely from practice; being an entire new collection of the most Genteel yet least Expensive Receipts in every Branch of Cookery and Confectionary, viz. Roasting, Boiling, Stewing, Ragoos, Soups, Sauces, Fricaseys, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Cheesecakes, Custards, Jellies, Potting, Candying, Collaring, Pickling, Preseving [sic], Made Wines, &c Together with the Art of Marketing, and a Correct List of every thing in Season in each month of the Year; with General Directions for the Courses or Removes. The Whole made easy to the meanest capacity, and far more useful to Young Beginners than any Book of the Kind ever yet published. By Catharine Brooks. To which is added, the Physical Directory; Being near two hundred safe and certain receipts for the cure of most disorders incident to the Human Body. Also the whole Art of Clear-starching, Ironing, &c. The tenth edition, with the addition of a great variety of made dishes, and useful instructions.
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