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Mary Cannon's Commonplace Book: An Irish Kitchen in the 1700s
Marjorie Quarton
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Description for Mary Cannon's Commonplace Book: An Irish Kitchen in the 1700s
Hardcover. Marjorie Quarton has reproduced and edited an original Commonplace Book, a household notebook from the 1700s containing the recipes and kitchen notes of her ancestor. Num Pages: 157 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WBA; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
These are just a few samples from an eighteenth-century Commonplace Book, passed down the generations from Mary Cannon’s kitchen to her many times great-granddaughter Marjorie Quarton. A Commonplace Book was a scrapbook for sayings, letters, prayers, measurements, or, as in this instance, of recipes. Mary Cannon lived in Dunleary (now Dun Laoghaire) and collected over 120 recipes between 1700 and 1707. They are presented here in sections such as ffishe, ffleshe, Puddings and Deserts, Pickles and Preserves. The visceral vocabulary and archaic spellings of these dishes will refresh our word hoard, while imparting a sumptuous flavour to Ireland’s gastronomic repertoire. ... Read more
These are just a few samples from an eighteenth-century Commonplace Book, passed down the generations from Mary Cannon’s kitchen to her many times great-granddaughter Marjorie Quarton. A Commonplace Book was a scrapbook for sayings, letters, prayers, measurements, or, as in this instance, of recipes. Mary Cannon lived in Dunleary (now Dun Laoghaire) and collected over 120 recipes between 1700 and 1707. They are presented here in sections such as ffishe, ffleshe, Puddings and Deserts, Pickles and Preserves. The visceral vocabulary and archaic spellings of these dishes will refresh our word hoard, while imparting a sumptuous flavour to Ireland’s gastronomic repertoire. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
157
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
175
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781843511854
SKU
V9781843511854
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-37
About Marjorie Quarton
Marjorie Quarton, nee Smithwick, was born in Nenagh in 1930 and educated in Dublin. Her published works include Part-Time Writer (Lilliput, 2010), Breakfast the Night Before (Lilliput, 2000), Renegade (1991), No Harp Like My Own (1987) and Corporal Jack (1988). She has written short stories, children's books and standard works on dogs. She also contributes regularly to provincial and national ... Read more
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