Food History

The English Housekeeper

by Anne Cobbett

Anne Cobbett, daughter of the radical William Cobbett, wrote this manual of domestic management in the 1830s. It takes in the servants, marketing, carving and the store-room as well as the cooking. It is brisk, careful with money and severe about waste.

The librarian

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

Reading time

About 10 hr 5 min

Where to find it

On the Food History shelves

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #55314. In the public domain in the United States.