The Good Housewife's Jewel (Southover Historic Cookery & Housekeeping) (Southover Press Historic Cookery & Housekeeping)
By (author): "Maggie Black, Thomas Dawson"
ISBN1870962125
ISBN139781870962124
AsinThe Good Housewife's Jewel (Southover Historic Cookery & Housekeeping) (Southover Press Historic Cookery & Housekeeping)
Original titleThe Good Housewife's Jewel (Southover Historic Cookery & Housekeeping)
First published in 1596. One of the earliest cookery books for the growing middle classes in Elizabethan England, contemporary with Shakespeare's Much Ado and Merry Wives. Many of the recipes are cookable today. Introduction by Maggie Black.