OP: The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy (facsimile)
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Prospect Books, 1983. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile of the 1747 first edition.
Hannah Glasse’s (1708–1770) The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy (1747) was the bestselling British cookbook for a hundred years, seeing some forty editions and including many “bootleg” copies.
Though heavily plagiarized from earlier cookery books—and, to be fair, it was in turn poached for later works like Mrs. Beeton’s—The Art of Cookery remains one of the most significant cookbooks of its time, even credited by food historian Peter Brears as the first to print a recipe for Yorkshire pudding. Each subsequent edition added new dishes, reflecting the evolution of British cuisine, especially with additions like curry and piccalilli.
We offer here a handsome facsimile of the first edition published by Prospect books. Fine.
