EditorialThe Queen's Royal Cookery. The queen's royal cookery: or, Expert and ready wa. London: S. Bates; A. Bettesworth, 1729. In the preface to the Queen's Royal cookery, the author distinguishes the book from others of its kind, emphasising its lack of 'supe...
EditorialCooking and preparing food. The queen's royal cookery: or, Expert and ready wa. London: S. Bates; A. Bettesworth, 1729. The frontispiece to 'The Queen's Royal Cookery' shows a portrait of Queen Anne, below which are illustrations of cooks busy at work ...
EditorialCosmetic water used by the Queen. The queen's royal cookery: or, Expert and ready wa. London: S. Bates; A. Bettesworth, 1729. The ingredients for this cosmetic water include powdered egg shell, powdered sugar-candy, borax, and white poppy seeds. Image...
EditorialThe Queen-like Closet. The Queen-like Closet; or, rich cabinet; stored wi. London, 1670. The illustration on the frontispiece to 'The Queen-like Closet' shows a number of cooks preparing breads, pies and medical remedies. Image taken from The Queen-li...
EditorialPies. The Queen-like Closet; or, rich cabinet; stored wi. London, 1670. Here the author provides recipes for calves foot pie, artichoke pie and oyster pie. Image taken from The Queen-like Closet; or, rich cabinet; stored with all manner of rare receip...
EditorialPlague-water. The Queen-like Closet; or, rich cabinet; stored wi. London, 1670. This extract includes a recipe for Plague-Water which, the author writes, 'was most esteemed of in the late great Visitation'. Image taken from The Queen-like Closet; or, ...
EditorialBills of fare. The Queen-like Closet; or, rich cabinet; stored wi. London, 1670. These pages contain the second half of a bill of fare for 'Fish Days in Great Houses and at Familiar Times', and the first half of a bill of fare for 'Gentlemens Houses of...