Monday, November 24, 2008

From the back of my cupboard

to the front of my mind...


Last night at my parent's house whilst looking through the cookery books I came across Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery. It was my nana's book, given to her one Christmas, allegedly by Uncle Albert, with the inscription on the back of the gift tag for her to "don't kill Perc off with the enclosed".

This was the first time I crossed paths with Mrs Beeton but considering my developing passion for vintage housewifery it is surprising that I had not come across her before. According to Wikipedia, which is the font of all knowledge, she is "one of the most famous cookery writers in history." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs_Beeton

I am endeavouring to get to know her further and explore the knoweldge that she imparted to housewives for almost 100 years...

1 comment:

atomicliving said...

Well, I think I have read thru and commented on almost all ur posts, I am intriqued by Mrs. B. As earlier stated, out to buy the book today when to-doing and putting an 'antique' copy on my xmas list for the hubby.