The accomplisht cook / or, The art & mystery of cookery

An exhaustive household manual compiling practical recipes and techniques for preparing meats, fowl, fish, sauces, pastes, pies, puddings, creams, and preserves, organized into numbered sections covering boiling, roasting, frying, baking, confectionery, and carving, plus bills of fare by season. It provides instructions for sauces, shellfish, fish pottages, egg and artichoke preparations, dietary recipes for the sick, poultry feeding, and pastry and molded forms, with prefatory material, dedications, and transcriber notes clarifying spelling and pagination.