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First lessons in the principles of cooking

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Nutrition & Food

First lessons in the principles of cooking

Mary Anne Barker

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Bread and beef make lesson two; the chemical composition of food makes lesson one. Lady Barker's first lessons in cooking proceed like a friendly classroom: fish, vegetables, potatoes, and the preparations of flour, each with remarks appended. Cooking taught from first principles for absolute beginners. Take the course everyone should have gotten at twelve.

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17 chapters

  1. 1FIRST LESSONS IN THE PRINCIPLES OF COOKING. IN THREE PARTS.
  2. 2CONTENTS.
  3. 3PART I. INTRODUCTORY.
  4. 4LESSON I. THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF OUR FOOD.
  5. 5LESSON II. BREAD AND BEEF.
  6. 6LESSON III. FISH.
  7. 7LESSON IV. VEGETABLES.
  8. 8PART II. REMARKS.
  9. 9LESSON V. THE PREPARATIONS OF FLOUR USED AS FOOD.
  10. 10LESSON VI. POTATOES AND OTHER VEGETABLES.
  11. 11LESSON VII. MODES OF PREPARING BROTH OR SOUP FROM BEEF.
  12. 12LESSON VIII. FUEL AND FIRE.
  13. 13PART III. REMARKS.
  14. 14LESSON IX. BOILING AND STEWING.
  15. 15LESSON X. BAKING, ROASTING, AND FRYING.
  16. 16LESSON XI. BACON.
  17. 17LESSON XII. THE GIST OF THE WHOLE MATTER.
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