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Mrs Beeton's Book Of Household Management.

Isabella Beeton

A household name for over 130 years Mrs Beeton's Book of Cookery and Household Management has remained through its many editions an unrivalled home reference and essential kitchen companion for every cook.


The most comprehensive cookery book of its type with over 2000 recipes tried and tested for the modern cook this new edition preserves all the qualities of Mrs Beeton's original work yet brings it thoroughly up to date. Essential information is given on selection of ingredients together with sound advice on diet and menu planning. All basic methods and techniques are clearly described with the aid of step-by-step illustrations and Mrs Beeton's invaluable hints and tips throughout will ensure success every time. Beautifully presented with superb colour photographs of fininshed dishes the wealth of recipes will provide ideas for all occasions.


Mrs Beeton's Book of Cookery and Household Management is not however just a cookery book. Guidance is also given on cleaning laundry home maintainance health first aid social custom etiquette money management and the law - up-to-date information on every aspect of modern housekeeping.

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  • Classification : Cookery, Food & Drink
  • Pub Date : JAN 1, 2007
  • Imprint : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • Page Extent : 0
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780706373202
  • Price : INR 1,699
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Isabella Beeton

Isabella Mary Beeton was born in London is 1836 where she grew up in a household of twenty-one children. It took Isabella four years to compile her masterwork publishing Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management in 1861. It contains an enormous amount of information to help people live in Isabella Beeton's own words 'economically tastefully and well'. Her style imparting information as clearly and simply as possible was hugely influential. The book sold 60000 copies in its first year but Isabella Beeton died four years later in 1865 aged just twenty-eight. The enduring popularity of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is testament to the quality of her advice.

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