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Mason, Charlotte. The ladies' assistant for regulating and supplying the table; Being a complete system of cookery, &c. Containing the most select bills of fare, properly disposed, for family dinners of five dishes to two courses of eleven and fifteen; with bills of fare for suppers, from five dishes to nineteen; and several deserts: including the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds, and full directions for preparing them in the most approved manner, by which a continual change may be made, as wanted, from the several bills of fare. Likewise directions for brewing, making English wines, raspberry, orange and lemon-brandies, &c. Also remarks on kitchen-poisons, and necessary cautions thereon. Originally published from the manuscript collection of Mrs. Charlotte Mason, a professed housekeeper, who had upwards of thirty years experience in families of the first fashion. Sixth edition, enlarged, corrected, and improved to the present time.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 2482, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/2482. Accessed 2024-11-21.

@book{ wphp_2482
  author={Mason,Charlotte},
  year={1787},
  title={The ladies' assistant for regulating and supplying the table; Being a complete system of cookery, &c. Containing the most select bills of fare, properly disposed, for family dinners of five dishes to two courses of eleven and fifteen; with bills of fare for suppers, from five dishes to nineteen; and several deserts: including the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds, and full directions for preparing them in the most approved manner, by which a continual change may be made, as wanted, from the several bills of fare. Likewise directions for brewing, making English wines, raspberry, orange and lemon-brandies, &c. Also remarks on kitchen-poisons, and necessary cautions thereon. Originally published from the manuscript collection of Mrs. Charlotte Mason, a professed housekeeper, who had upwards of thirty years experience in families of the first fashion. Sixth edition, enlarged, corrected, and improved to the present time.},
  publisher={John Walter [Homer's Head, Charing Cross]},
  address={London},    }

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