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The Campaign for Domestic Happiness

by Isabella Beeton · 2011

Penguin Great Food series

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Firmly of the belief that a home should be run as an efficient military campaign, Mrs. Beeton, the doyenne of English cookery, offers timeless tips on selecting cuts of meat, throwing a grand party and hosting a dinner, as well as giving suggestions on staff wages and the cost of each recipe. With such delicious English classics as rabbit- pie, carrot soup, baked apple custard, and fresh lemonade - as well as invalid's jelly for those days when stewed eels may be a little too much - this is a wonderful collection of food writing from the matriarch of modern housekeeping.

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This edition is part of the Great Food series designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.

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Audience
adult
Length
short · 128 pages

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