Domestic Management: or, The Healthful Cookery-Book. To which is prefixed, A Treatise on Diet, as the Surest Means to Preserve Health, Long Life, &c. With many valuable observations on the nutritious and beneficial as well as the injurious effects of various kinds of food….By a Lady. Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged.
London: Printed for B. and R. Crosby and Co... 1813. Second edition, enlarged, of an interesting and thoughtful cookbook that first appeared in 1810. Plumtre's book is partially a treatise on diet, with many paragraphs called "Observations" following the recipes. The observations provide healthful hints and advise, particularly about the.....