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Smith, Alice. A New Book of Cookery; or, Every Woman a Perfect Cook; Containing a very great variety of approved Receipts in all the branches of Cookery and Confectionary, viz. Marketing, Roasting, Boiling, Frying, Stewing, Hashing, Baking, Fricassees, Made Dishes, Soups, Sauces, Puddings, Pies and Tarts, Cakes, Custards, Cheese-cakes, Creams, Ragouts, Jellies, Pickling, Preserving, Drying, Potting, Candying, Collaring, English Wines, &c. To which is added, Directions for Clear Starching, and the Ladie's Toilet, or the Art of preserving and improving Beauty: Likewise a Collection of Family Physical Receipts, prepared at a small expence. The Whole calculated to assist the prudent Housewife in furnishing the cheapest and most elegant Set of Dishes in the various Departments of Cookery, and to instruct Ladies in many other Particulars of great Importance. Written by Mrs. A. Smith, of Stafford, Who has been a House-keeper to several Noble Families many Years.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 1629, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/1629. Accessed 2024-12-24.

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  author={Smith,Alice},
  year={1781},
  title={A New Book of Cookery; or, Every Woman a Perfect Cook; Containing a very great variety of approved Receipts in all the branches of Cookery and Confectionary, viz. Marketing, Roasting, Boiling, Frying, Stewing, Hashing, Baking, Fricassees, Made Dishes, Soups, Sauces, Puddings, Pies and Tarts, Cakes, Custards, Cheese-cakes, Creams, Ragouts, Jellies, Pickling, Preserving, Drying, Potting, Candying, Collaring, English Wines, &c. To which is added, Directions for Clear Starching, and the Ladie's Toilet, or the Art of preserving and improving Beauty: Likewise a Collection of Family Physical Receipts, prepared at a small expence. The Whole calculated to assist the prudent Housewife in furnishing the cheapest and most elegant Set of Dishes in the various Departments of Cookery, and to instruct Ladies in many other Particulars of great Importance. Written by Mrs. A. Smith, of Stafford, Who has been a House-keeper to several Noble Families many Years.},
  publisher={s.n. [sine nomine]},
  address={London},    }

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