The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory by Charlotte Campbell Bury opens a sumptuous window onto Victorian domestic cookery, presenting over sixteen hundred original receipts gathered from high society and economical households alike. This non-fiction cookery classic—third edition, 1844—blends practical instruction with period taste, offering recipes, menus, and guidance adapted to both luxurious entertaining and modest family life. Organized into eleven alphabetical sections for easy reference, the collection reflects the era’s culinary values: formality, seasonality, and a clear distinction between dishes for the dinner-table and everyday fare. Readers will find an array of sauces, roasts, desserts, preserves, and household tips that illuminate social customs, ingredients, and techniques of 19th-century Britain without modern reinterpretation—preserving authentic language such as “receipts” and period measurements for historical fidelity. Perfect for lovers of historical cooking, culinary historians, reenactors, and modern cooks curious about Victorian flavors, this audiobook brings Charlotte Campbell Bury’s genteel, practical voice to life. Listen for a richly textured guide to nineteenth-century dining that doubles as a reference and a cultural portrait of domestic taste.