A committee of ladies collected the receipts; the editor of the Manual of Domestic Economy arranged them — British cookery and household management, c.1864.

French Cookery

2 pages in this part of The British Cookery Book.

French Cookery (Quart of new milk sufficiently)

a quart of new milk sufficiently sweetened with white sugar, add six macaroons powdered finely, and a gill of orange flower water. Place…

French Cookery (Those dishes which we only)

those dishes which we only need employ occasionally. English receipts for stews, hashes, harricots, fricassees, &c., originally French…

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