The Cook's Oracle

Care for a bit of Colcannon? Craving some Winter Hotch-Potch? Wishing for Wow-Wow Sauce? This newly released edition of The Cooks Oracle is an exact replica of Dr. Kitchiners original book first published in 1829. A bestseller in its day Kitchiners fundamentals of 19th-century cookery cover the gamut from meat & fish to gravies & sauces to puddings & pies including many of his favorite receipts. Interestingly enough he toured with a moveable taste cabinet; a folding cupboard stocked his unique mustards and sauces. And unlike most food writers of the era he whipped up the recipes himself carried out the dreaded after-dinner clean up and did all his own housework! A marvelous culinary artifact of 19th-century cookery this book is certain to delight both social historians and food-lovers alike.A household name during the 19th-century WILLIAM KITCHINER M.D. (1775-1827) was an optician inventor of telescopes amateur musician and exceptional cook. Additional works include: The Invalidâ (TM)s Oracle The Housekeepers Ledger The Travellers Oracle and The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life.