Eliza Leslie (1787-1858), frequently referred to as Miss Leslie, was an American author of popular cookbooks during the nineteenth century. She gained popularity for her books on etiquette as well. For a time, she also edited an annual gift book called The Gift, which included contributions from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Elizabeth F. Ellet, Lydia Sigourney, Charles Fenno Hoffman, and others. Amongst her other works are Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats (1829), Pencil Sketches ...
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Eliza Leslie (1787-1858), frequently referred to as Miss Leslie, was an American author of popular cookbooks during the nineteenth century. She gained popularity for her books on etiquette as well. For a time, she also edited an annual gift book called The Gift, which included contributions from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Elizabeth F. Ellet, Lydia Sigourney, Charles Fenno Hoffman, and others. Amongst her other works are Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats (1829), Pencil Sketches (3 series 1833- 1837), Directions For Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840), Amelia; or, A Young Lady of Vicissitudes (1848), The Dennings and Their Beaux and Alina Derlay (1851), The Maid of Canal Street; and The Bloxhams (1851) and The Behaviour Book: A Manual for Ladies (1853).
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Add this copy of Directions for Cookery, in Its Various Branches to cart. $39.00, fair condition, Sold by Artis Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Calumet, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1849 by Carey & Hart.
Add this copy of Directions for Cookery in Its Various Branches to cart. $164.95, good condition, Sold by JWMah rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1838 by E.L. Carey & A. Hart, Chestnut Street.
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Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. (USA) Edition Not Stated This is an early edition rebound in dark red cloth with a tiel block adhered to the spine, new end papers, the pages are generally clean with some foxing to the preliminaries, the book is complete except that the lower half of all the index pages from 459 to466 are missing, as well pages 457/ 58 showing the meat cuts on the sheep and pig are torn in half but not missing, there is some rubbing and loss of page material to the first blank page and last page, Good refurbished condition. 19 x 11.5 cm, dark red cloth, spine label with gold titles, 468pp. This book appeared first in 1837 and this edition incorporates 38 additional recipes. It was after the success of her book entitled SEVENTY-FIVE RECEIPTS IN CAKES, PASTRY AND SWEETMEATS, that the author started this more ambitious work, "designing it as a manual of American housewifery, ...avoiding the insertion of any dishes whose ingredients cannot be procured on our side of the Atlantic". All the recipes are quite clear, set out in the old way where the ingtedients are not first listed. The chapters on sweetmeats, cakes, pastry and puddings, syllabubs, blancmange and ice cream, warm cakes, preserves and jellies seem quite fine. There arealso chapters on Perfumery and Food for the sick. The meat sections include beef, lamb, veal, pork, venison, rabbits, shell fish and fish, poultry and game, but the roasting recipes go back to the time when roasting was done "before a clear fire". (1.5 JM HOQ 101/a5.
