The "ideal" cookery book: A reliable guide for home cooking containing 249 useful and dainty recipes (third edition)

"The 'Ideal' Cookery Book: A Reliable Guide for Home Cooking" by Lilian Clarke is a late 19th-century cookbook created for home cooks. Containing 246 recipes, the book promises practical, budget-friendly, and tasty meal ideas, with a mix of both main courses and sweet treats. Clarke's introduction argues for the importance of dependable cookbooks and assures readers that her recipes are easy to make and produce high-quality results. Offering a wide assortment of cooking styles, the variety is immediately evident to cooks.

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