The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Frugal American Recipes and Domestic Science for Everyday MealsBy Juliet Corson
Length3h 56m
About this audiobook
The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery is a concise yet ambitious work of domestic instruction, designed to make wholesome cooking accessible to households of modest means. Its recipes and methods emphasize thrift, nutrition, and clarity, replacing ornamental gastronomy with practical discipline. Written in the plain, directive style of the nineteenth-century household manual, it belongs to a reformist tradition that treated cookery as both a science and a moral economy. Juliet Corson was a pioneering American cooking educator, founder of the New York Cooking School, and an advocate for improving public health through culinary knowledge. Her experience teaching working women, immigrants, and families facing economic hardship shaped this manual's purpose. Corson understood that ignorance in the kitchen could waste income and diminish health, and she wrote to correct that problem with authority and sympathy. This book is recommended to readers interested in culinary history, women's education, domestic economy, and the social reform movements of the late nineteenth century. It remains valuable not merely as a collection of recipes, but as a document of practical intelligence, revealing how food, class, labor, and reform met at the everyday table.
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
Length3 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 25, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
18CHAPTER VIII.
2PREFACE.
19SALADS AND SALAD SAUCES.
3THE COOKING MANUAL.
20CHAPTER IX.
4CHAPTER I.
21VEGETABLES.
5MARKETING.
22CHAPTER X.
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6CHAPTER II.
23CHEAP DISHES WITHOUT MEAT.
7SOUPS.
24CHAPTER XI.
8CHAPTER III.
25CHEAP DISHES WITH MEAT.
9FISH.
26CHAPTER XII.
10CHAPTER IV.
27THE CHILDREN'S CHAPTER.
11RELISHES.
28CHAPTER XIII.
12CHAPTER V.
29COOKERY FOR INVALIDS.
13SIDE DISHES, OR ENTRÉES.
30CHAPTER XIV.
14CHAPTER VI.
31BREAD.
15LARGE ROASTS.
32INDEX.
16CHAPTER VII.
33Memorable Quotes
17BOILED DISHES.
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