Leeds University Library's Cookery Collection: Difference between revisions

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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]