Miss Leslie's Behavior Book: A Guide And Manual For Ladies As Regards Their Conversation, Manners, Dress, Introductions, Entree To Society, Shopping ... Advice In Letter-writing, Receiving Presents

LESLIE, Eliza

History

Franklin Classics

Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book: A Guide and Manual for Ladies

Reference

Etiquette

Ayer Co. Pub

American cooking writing has been a remarkably vigorous genre. Cookbooks have been popular in America since before the Revolution, and a number of cooking writers have risen to national prominence. First and most influential among the many culinary authors of the 19th century was Eliza Leslie, whose classic Directions for Cookery passed through sixty editions from its first appearance in 1837 until 1870, a dozen years after the author's death. Directions for Cookery was the most popular cookbook printed in America in the nineteenth century, and is considered by many culinary authorities to be one of America's great cookbooks. The writing and instructions are clear and elegant; the author's comments on the nuances of good cooking, on the importance of quality ingredients, on honesty in the kitchen — all combine to make this work an American classic. To examine these recipes is to open a window into the nineteenth century American larder: Beef-Steak Pudding, Moravian Sugar Cake, Cat-fish Soup, Election Cake, Federal Cakes, Johnny Cake, Oyster Pie, Pork and Beans, White Gingerbread, Apple Dumplings, Pepper Pot, Lobster Catchup, Frica-seed Chickens, Cranberry Sauce … names to spark an appetite! Along with the carefully written, concise recipes are many helpful hints and comments. The present volume reprints the 1851 edition of Directions for Cookery. Containing not only the complete text of the first edition (1837) but also later addenda and additional recipes by Miss Leslie, this is an invaluable addition to any kitchen. Cooks who wish to explore the wonders of traditional American cookery will especially celebrate this inexpensive republication. An informative new introduction by noted cookbook expert Jan Longone provides insight into Miss Leslie's background and the importance of her work.

Miss Leslie's Directions for Cookery

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Cooking Education & Reference

Dover Publications

Pencil Sketches: Or Outlines Of Character And Manners

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Kessinger Publishing

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

Best known for her culinary and domestic guides and the award-winning short story “Mrs. Washington Potts,” Eliza Leslie deserves a much more prominent place in contemporary literary discussions of the nineteenth century. Her writing, known for its overtly moralistic and didactic tones—though often presented with wit and humor—also provides contemporary readers with a nuanced perspective for understanding the diversity among American women in Leslie’s time.Leslie’s writing serves as a commentary on gender ideals and consumerism; presents complicated constructions of racial, national, and class-based identities; and critiques literary genres such as the Gothic romance and the love letter. These criticisms are exposed through the juxtaposition of her fiction and nonfiction instructive texts, which range from lessons on literary conduct to needlework; from recipes for American and French culinary dishes to travel sketches; from songs to educational games. Demonstrating the complexity of choices available to women at the time, this volume enables readers to see how Leslie’s rhetoric and audience awareness facilitated her ability to appeal to a broad swath of the nineteenth-century reading public.

Selections from Eliza Leslie (Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers)

Literature & Fiction

United States

University Of Nebraska Press

MISS LESLIE'S SECRETS What Every Bride Should Know: The Classic Household Guide By Eliza Leslie

Wild Goose Press

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Legare Street Press

Miss Leslie's Complete Cookery: Directions for Cookery, in Its Various Branches

Miss Leslie's Complete Cookery: Directions For Cookery, In Its Various Branches

Wonderful Travels: Being The Narratives Of Munchausen, Gulliver, And Sinbad (1832)

Literary

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