Mrs. Beeton's Best of British Home Cooking

by Isabella Beeton, Bridget Jones (Editor)

Over 200 time-honoured recipes.

In The Best of Mrs Beeton's British cooking you will find a selection of delicious recipes for breakfasts, lunches, snacks, afternoon tea, main courses, accompaniments and desserts. Featuring the much-loved favourites that provide the basis of British cookery, plus special recipes for holidays and occasions, this book brings together modern and traditional recipes from England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

Genres: Cooking, Nonfiction

224 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1997

About the author

Isabella Mary Beeton (née Mayson), universally known as Mrs Beeton, was the English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, and is one of the most famous cookery writers.

Popularly known as "Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management", it was a guide to running a Victorian household, with advice on fashion, childcare, animal husbandry, poisons, the management of servants, science, religion, and industrialism.

Of the 1,112 pages, over 900 contained recipes, such that another popular name for the volume is "Mrs Beeton's Cookbook". Most of the recipes were illustrated with coloured engravings, and it was the first book to show recipes in a format that is still used today. It is said that many of the recipes were actually plagiarised from earlier writers (including Eliza Acton), but the Beetons never claimed that the book's contents were original. It was intended as a guide of reliable information for the aspirant middle classes. Mrs Beeton is perhaps described better as its compiler and editor than as its author, many of the passages clearly being not her own words.

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book set as a present. It is a lovely book set with everything for any cook.
I would recommend it to anyone.

[Mf Tkr · Rating 5 out of 5]

forever reading

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a gift from a good friend of mine, and combines my love of cooking with my love of the Victorian era. Its recipes are accompanied by an array of etchings that really cement the history of the book. Though the recipes are from a bygone era, using this book is made easy by a series of 'tips' that translate techniques to modern conventional ovens and microwaves.

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic recipes updated for a 21st Century kitchen weighs in grams and temperatures in degrees centigrade. Easy to follow recipes.