About this book
Dive into Georgian kitchen craft with Elizabeth Raffald’s Experienced English Housekeeper, a landmark cookery manual that shaped 18th-century British cooking. Raffald draws on fifteen years as a housekeeper in great houses and her later life as a confectioner and innkeeper in Manchester to offer practical, tested receipts for every course and occasion. First published in 1769 and popular enough to run to thirteen editions, the version read here is the 1786 (10th) edition and contains around 900 recipes that range from hearty roasts and savory pies to refined pastries and preserves.
Part cookbook, part social history, this audiobook reveals the rhythms of Georgian dining, domestic management, and seasonal provisioning—showcasing techniques, ingredients, and tastes that defined British cookery in the eighteenth century. Listeners will find clear, hands-on instructions alongside the period language and culinary priorities of Raffald’s time; note that many sections are meat-heavy and not geared toward vegetarians.
Ideal for food historians, home cooks curious about historical recipes, culinary students, and fans of British gastronomy, this audiobook offers an authentic, flavorful window into past kitchens and practical inspiration for anyone looking to recreate or study Georgian foodways.
