The Complete Confectioner (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Georgian Dessert Recipes, Preserves, Ices, Cakes, and Historic Sugar-Boiling TechniquesBy Hannah Glasse, Maria Wilson
Length10h 1m
About this audiobook
The Complete Confectioner brings together a rich repertoire of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century confectionery practice, ranging from preserved fruits, syrups, creams, cakes, biscuits, ices, and ornamental table pieces to practical household techniques. Its literary style is direct and instructional, yet it also reveals the aesthetics of refinement, sociability, and display that shaped Georgian domestic culture. Standout recipes for delicate preserves, elaborate desserts, and seasonal entertainments illuminate confectionery as both craft and cultural performance. Associated with Hannah Glasse and Maria Wilson, the volume reflects the authority of women's domestic writing at a time when cookery books became essential guides to household management and genteel accomplishment. Their collective contribution lies in translating professional and elite culinary knowledge into usable forms for a broader readership. The work aligns with the expanding print culture of practical instruction, where domestic economy, taste, and technological ingenuity met in the kitchen and at the dessert table. Readers interested in food history, women's writing, material culture, or the evolution of British taste will find this volume especially rewarding. It offers a rare opportunity to explore multiple registers of culinary knowledge within one book: recipe, technique, social aspiration, and historical evidence. The Complete Confectioner invites close reading as both a practical manual and a document of cultural imagination.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreOther, Literary Classics
Length10 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 28, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Confectioner (Annotated)
6FRUIT PASTES, &c. (pt. 2)
2PREFACE.
7FRUIT PASTES, &c. (pt. 3)
3Detailed table of contents
8FRUIT PASTES, &c. (pt. 4)
4CONFECTIONER.
9Memorable Quotes
5FRUIT PASTES, &c. (pt. 1)
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