Food History

The Cook's Oracle

by William Kitchiner

William Kitchiner, a wealthy Londoner with a taste for science, said he had tried every recipe in his own kitchen, and his book of 1817 went through edition after edition. He wanted weights and times where older books said enough and until done. His dinners kept a timetable too: guests were told when to come and when to go.

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Reading time

About 12 hours

Where to find it

On the Food History shelves

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #28681. In the public domain in the United States.