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'''Leeds University
The collection began with a donation in 1939 to the Library of 1,500 books and a selection of manuscripts. The collection has grown since and been supplemented with further donations. It now consists of more than 8,000 printed cookery books and 75 manuscripts, spanning the period 2500 BC to present day, with the majority of the works from the early 16th–20th century.<ref name="'Also of Interest', Cookery Printed Books">{{cite web|title='Also of Interest', Cookery Printed Books|url=https://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/43229/cookery_printed_books|website=Special Collections|publisher=Leeds University Library|accessdate=5 April 2017}}</ref>
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{{further|English cuisine}}
Cookery A consists of British printed cookery books.<ref name="Cookery Collections Guide"/> Among the major works held are four copies of [[Hannah Woolley]]’s ''[[The Queen-Like Closet]]''. The earliest edition is from 1672.<ref name="A Descriptive Guide"/><ref name="The queen-like closet">{{cite web|title=The Queen-Like Closet|url=http://lib.leeds.ac.uk/record=b1804470|website=Special Collections|publisher=Leeds University Library|accessdate=5 April 2017}}</ref> Woolley was one of the first women in England who earned a living from writing and selling books.<ref>{{cite ODNB|title=Biography of Woolley, Hannah|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29957|year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/29957 |accessdate=5 April 2017}}</ref> There are two copies of ''Pomona: or the Fruit Garden Illustrated'' (1729) written by the English garden designer, [[Batty Langley]];<ref name="Pomona: or the Fruit Garden illustrated">{{cite web|title=Pomona: or the Fruit Garden illustrated|url=https://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/221291|website=Special Collections|publisher=Leeds University Library|accessdate=5 April 2017}}</ref> the book is a gardener's manual for growing, picking and preserving fruits, as well as pruning and caring for plants.<ref name="Monday Library Chat"/> Charles Carter's ''The Complete Practical Cook'': ''or, a new system of the whole art and mystery of cookery'' (1730) is an illustrated recipe book.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Complete Practical Cook|url=https://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/257821|website=Special Collections|publisher=Leeds University Library|accessdate=5 April 2017}}</ref> It contains copperplate engravings showing how to set and arrange a table for various courses in an 18th-century dinner.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Day|first1=Ivan|title=Charles Carter's Banniet Tort|url=http://www.historicfood.com/Banniet%20tort%20recipe.htm|website=Historic Food|accessdate=5 April 2017|archive-date=29 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229165709/http://www.historicfood.com/Banniet%20tort%20recipe.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Charles Carter cooked for nobility and specialised in French baroque cuisine.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Meal|date=2001|publisher=Oxford Symposium|page=167|isbn=9781903018248|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GsNyprRS7EIC&q=The+complete+practical+cook+charles+carter|accessdate=5 April 2017}}</ref>
[[File:The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy Hannah Glasse.jpg|thumb|left|upright|''[[The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy]]'', by [[Hannah Glasse]]]]
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* [http://www.leedsfoodsymposium.org.uk/index.html Leeds Symposium on Food History and Traditions]
* [http://www.historicfood.com/ Historic Food, website of Ivan Day (food writer)]
*[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/istc/ Incunabula Short Title Catalogue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118093805/http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/istc/ |date=18 November 2021 }}
* [http://prospectbooks.co.uk/img/EnglishCookeryBook.pdf The English Cookery Book: Preface and Chapter One]
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