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The Best of Mrs Beeton's Cakes and Baking
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Product Description
From simple and economical recipes such as gingerbread, banana cake and breads for everyday filling-up to extravagant gateaux oozing with fruit and cream, from basic breads to muffins and crumpets, this selection of international classics provides the modern cook with everything he or she needs to provide delicious freshly-baked goods for all occasions. With helpful tips, serving ideas and the basic recipes you need to allow your own culinary creativity to take flight, this bakery bible deserves a place in every kitchen.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #198562 in Books
- Published on: 2006-09-14
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 256 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Isabella Mary Beeton was born in London is 1836, where she grew up in a household of twenty-one children. It took Isabella four years to compile her masterwork, publishing Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management in 1861. It contains an enormous amount of information to help people live, in Isabella Beeton's own words, 'economically, tastefully and well'. Her style, imparting information as clearly and simply as possible, was hugely influential. The book sold 60,000 copies in its first year, but Isabella Beeton died four years later, in 1865, aged just twenty-eight. The enduring popularity of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is testament to the quality of her advice.
Customer Reviews
Not exactly what it says on the cover
I have given this book three stars because it does have a lot of interesting recipes - but to say that it is by 'Isabella Beeton' is blatantly not true and a huge insult to both history and the reader. It is a fairly good collection of recipes, that is all. Some are derived from Mrs Beeton, a lot are not. There are a few text-box hints from Mrs Beeton, amongst others, no explanation of oven temps (fan or not?) - or overall introduction. At a glance, the recipes (which are given in grams and ounces) are good, clear and easy to follow. It's probably worth having for the recipes, if you can ignore the false premise on which it is being marketed!
