| The Accomplisht Cook (1665-85) Revised Edition Contributor(s): May, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1903018714 ISBN-13: 9781903018712 Publisher: Prospect Books (UK) OUR PRICE: $32.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Cooking | History - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 641 |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5.4" W x 7.3" (1.30 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Accomplisht Cook was first published in 1660 and this is a facsimile of the 1685 edition. Robert May was cook to the aristocracy of Royalist England; born in the year of the Armada; trained by his own father, then by powerful patrons in Paris; before apprenticeship in London with the cook to the Star Chamber. In the course of a long life, working almost exclusively for fellow Catholics and Royalists, he absorbed all the most fashionable tendencies at large in the kitchens of England. |
