Leeds University Library's Cookery Collection: Difference between revisions

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[[Eliza Acton]]’s ''[[Modern Cookery for Private Families|Modern Cookery, in all its Branches ]]'': ''Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, for the use of Private Families'' was first published in 1845 and a number of editions are in the Cookery Collection at Leeds.<ref>{{cite web|title=Copies of Modern Cookery|url=https://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore?query=b1829607|website=Special Collections|publisher=Leeds University Library|accessdate=5 April 2017}}</ref> Acton was extremely influential because she was the first cookery book writer to list the ingredients needed in a recipe and to note how long a dish takes to cook - an innovation which has become a standard feature of modern recipes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography of Acton, Eliza|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/73|website=ODNB|publisher=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|accessdate=5 April 2017}}</ref>

The Cookery Collection is home to seven copies of the Victorian best seller, [[Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management]]; ''Comprising Information for the Mistress'', edited by ''[[Mrs Beeton]]'' and first published in 1861.<ref>{{cite web|title=Copies of The book of household management|url=http://lib.leeds.ac.uk/record=b1808715|website=Special Collections|publisher=Leeds University Library|accessdate=6 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="Have Beeton">{{cite web|title=Leeds University Library awarded HLF grant|url=http://www.rluk.ac.uk/news/university-leeds-library-awarded-hlf-grant/|website=RLUK|publisher=Research Libraries UK|accessdate=6 April 2017}}</ref> The book is a collection of recipes and advice for women about conducting their housekeeping duties. It was an enormous commercial success and sold 2 million copies by 1868.<ref name="Beeton Info">{{cite web|title=Domesticity for Victorian Dummies|url=http://www.januarymagazine.com/cookbook/mrsbeeton.html|website=January Magazine|accessdate=6 April 2017}}</ref>

=== Cookery D, foreign printed cookery books ===