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Care for a bit of Colcannon? Craving some Winter Hotch-Potch?
Wishing for Wow-Wow Sauce? This newly released edition of The
Cook's Oracle is an exact replica of Dr. Kitchiner's original book
first published in 1829. A bestseller in its day, Kitchiner's
fundamentals of 19th-century cookery cover the gamut from meat
& fish to gravies & sauces to puddings & pies,
including many of his favorite "receipts."Interestingly enough, he
toured with a moveable taste cabinet; a folding cupboard stocked
his unique mustards and sauces. And, unlike most food writers of
the era, he whipped up the recipes himself, carried out the dreaded
after-dinner clean up, and did all his own housework A marvelous
culinary artifact of 19th-century cookery, this book is certain to
delight both social historians and food-lovers alike.A household
name during the 19th-century, WILLIAM KITCHINER, M.D. (1775-1827)
was an optician, inventor of telescopes, amateur musician and
exceptional cook. His other works include: The Invalid's Oracle,
The Housekeeper's Ledger, The Traveller's Oracle, and The Art of
Invigorating and Prolonging Life.
Those who drink Wine, &c., for the purpose it was given, as a
Cordial, to cheer the Circulation, when it falters from Fatigue,
Age, or profuse Evacuations of any kind, "for the Stomach's sake,"
as St. Paul recommends it, and for our "often infirmities" as a
Medicine-will understand, that of all the ways of saving, to run
any risk of buying bad Wine, is the most ridiculously unwise
Economy.-from "Wine"Self-help instructional manuals are hardly a
20th-century invention: witness this 1824 work, which was quite a
success in its day. Fully and charmingly titled The Art of
Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise,
Wine, Sleep, &c., and Peptic Precepts, Pointing Out Agreeable
and Effectual Methods to Prevent and Relieve Indigestion, and to
Regulate and Strengthen the Action of the Stomach and Bowels, it is
but one of the masterworks of the domestic advisor and celebrity
cook William Kitchiner, who was the Martha Stewart and the Oprah
Winfrey of his day. Laden with all manner of advice for everyone
from delicate females to corpulent gentlemen in the matters of what
to eat, how to sleep, what to wear, and more, this is a delightful
look at what a healthy lifestyle looked like to the early 19th
century.OF INTEREST TO: students of the history of self-help,
collectors of pop culture ephemeraBritish author and bon vivant
WILLIAM KITCHINER (1775-1827) was a doctor, inventor, musician, and
early-19th-century household name. His 1829 book The Cook's Oracle
was a bestseller in England and America.
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