The Indian Cookery Book: A Practical Handbook to the Kitchen of India, adapted to the Three Presidencies Containing Original and Approved Recipes in Every Department of Indian Cookery; Recipes for Summer Beverages and Home-made Liqueurs medicinal and Othe

Anon [Gastronomy]

Publication Date: 1901

About this Item

(Calcutta: Thacker Spink & Co Reprinted 1901). This is the Second Edition of this title. Written by "A Thirty-Five Years' Resident". Publisher's olive-green soft cloth boards with black lettering. A couple of former owner's inscriptions to the front paste-down and front free end-paper otherwise a VG copy with slightly soft spine tips. Firm hinges. Cloth in nice condition. No foxing. Firmly bound. Complete with 123 pages including faintly-lined tissue pages between each page of text for taking notes (as issued). One of the tissue pages has a penned recipe on it. There is a 56-page catalogue of to the rear of Thacker, Spink & Co's Publications. An early Indian cookery book compiled anonymously by a "Thirty-Five Years' Resident" and containing recipes and cooking methods on rice, curries, soups, fish, vegetables, preserves, liqueurs and more, along with information on medicines, perfumes and cosmetics. Originally published as a first edition in 1880 which is exceedingly uncommon. This - the reprint form 1891 - occasionally appears but this is a much nicer copy than normally encountered. NB: Not to be confused by any modern re-issue of this title. Photographs/scans available upon request.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Indian Cookery Book: A Practical Handbook to the Kitchen of India, adapted to the Three Presidencies Containing Original and Approved Recipes in Every Department of Indian Cookery; Recipes for Summer Beverages and Home-made Liqueurs medicinal and Othe
• Publication Date: 1901