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Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book
by Leslie, Eliza · Page 4 of 479 · 167,418 words
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made happy, by the delicious delicacies and substantial dishes so abundantly provided. Miss Leslie has in previous works shown how great an adept she has been in all culinary matters, and in all that relates to the comforts and the social enjoyment of the table around which cluster the good things of life. Literature is very good in its way; but such dishes as Miss Leslie gives a foretaste of, come up to a more delicious standard. Her authorship is exquisite, and is destined to diffuse the very essence of good taste among the fortunate people who sit down to good dinners and suppers, not one of whom will rise from the table without a blessing on _Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book_. And every taste is sure to be pleased, for all the receipts in this book are new, and to be found nowhere else, _and it is the best Cook Book ever published_--one which, with its hundreds of receipts, ought to be in the hands of every woman who has the slightest appreciation of convenience, comfort and economy." _From the Philadelphia Daily Sun._ "About one thousand new receipts, never before printed, appear in this work, all of which have been tried before they are recommended by the author. All kinds of cooking and pastry; rules for the preparation of dinners, breakfasts, and suppers; appropriate dishes for every meal; and a vast quantity of other useful information, are embraced in the book. It is very comprehensive, and is furnished with an index for the use of the housewife. By the aid of Miss Leslie's peculiar happy talent in giving culinary directions, our girls can acquire a branch of useful information which is generally sadly neglected in their education, and thus become fitted for their duties as wives. One great advantage in _Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book_, is the economy which it teaches in the management of a household, as regards the preparations for the table. Peterson has done this book up in beautiful style, and it will be sent to any part of the Union, postage paid, upon the receipt
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