Thacker, John The Art of Cookery. Containing above Six Hundred and Fifty of the mostapprov'd receipts heretofore published Newcastle upon Tyne: I. Thompson, 1758 John Thacker, "cook to the Honourable and Reverend the Dean and Chapter in Durham," excuses himself for writing another cookery book on the grounds that those already available were "far short of being generally useful, especially in these Northern parts, where the seasons occasion such alterations in the Bills of Fare for each month, from those calculated for the Southern parts; some being fill'd with receipts quite foreign to the purpose, as for beautifying washes, &c. others stuff'd with ragoos, and other dishes à-la-mode de France as they call them; in which the mixture of spices is so great, and the expence so extravagant, that it frightens most people from using them." (Preface). Thacker opened a cookery school in Durham in 1742 First edition. 8vo. 9 woodcuts in text. pp. [16], 322, [30] bills of fare. Full red morocco. Bitting p. 458 (citing a 1762 edition); Cagle 1019; Maclean p.140 Price: USD 5,000.00 other currencies   order no. 37619    inquire

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