Food History

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes

by Charles Elmé Francatelli

Charles Elmé Francatelli had been chief cook to Queen Victoria, and in 1852 he wrote this cheap little book for working families: soups, cow-heel, sheep’s head, puddings and food for the sick. It assumes very little money and simple equipment. Its advice is kindly, if not always within reach of the readers it was meant for.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 2 hr 10 min

Where to find it

On the Food History shelves

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #22114. In the public domain in the United States.