[Gutenberg 60025] • Miss Leslie's Complete Cookery / Directions for Cookery, in Its Various Branches

[Gutenberg 60025] • Miss Leslie's Complete Cookery / Directions for Cookery, in Its Various Branches
Authors
Leslie, Eliza
Publisher
Applewood Books
Tags
american , cooking
ISBN
9781429012409
Date
1851-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
1.16 MB
Lang
en
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Eliza Leslie is best known for this work, originally published in 1837, which was the most popular cookbook in America at the time, selling at least 150,000 copies. Her simple, yet comprehesive approach to cooking gave her book appeal across socio-economic classes, making her recipes popular with both urban and rural families. This version, published in 1853, is the cook book's forty-nineth edition.