Modern Housewife Or, Mï¿½nagï¿½re : Comprising Nearly One Thousand Receipts, for the Economic and Judicious Preparation of Every Meal of the Day : with Those of the Nursery and Sick Room, and Minute Directions for Family Management in All Its Branches : Illustrated with En

Name: Modern Housewife Or, Mï¿½nagï¿½re : Comprising Nearly One Thousand Receipts, for the Economic and Judicious Preparation of Every Meal of the Day : with Those of the Nursery and Sick Room, and Minute Directions for Family Management in All Its Branches : Illustrated with En
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ISBN: 9781429011693

ISBN-10: 1429011696

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Authors: An American Housewife, An American An American Housewife

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An English Victorian-era "celebrity chef" Alexis Soyer's "The Modern Housewife" was a best-seller in its time. Aimed a women of the aspiring middle class, it was not simple a book of recipes, but rather a cookbook designed as an epistolary novel. Soyer created fictional characters, Hortence B. and Eloise L., who stood for the values of the era: Hortence was the efficient mistress of a smoothly-run, middle class household, while Eloise was ineffectual and sought Hortence's assistance. Through this conceit, Soyer does manage to include hundreds of recipes that were designed to meet the varying incomes and needs of the multi-faceted, English middle class. This 1850 volume is "Edited by an…

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List price: $23.95
Publisher: Applewood Books
Publication date: 7/31/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English