Physical description

A small volume with a textured leather binding. It features a heavy card cover decorated with an abstract design of swirling brown and cream tones. The preface page is printed in multiple fonts in black ink.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

Simpson's Cookery, Improved and Modernised is a 19th-century cookbook first published in London in 1834. Authored by the prominent cook of the time, John Simpson and updated by Henderson William Brand. Brand described his credentials as “of the kitchen of his late Majesty George the Fourth; Chief cook to T W. Coke. Esq.; Earl Manvers; his Grace the Duke of Norfolk; the Marquis of Ailsa and Lord Rolle”.
It contains a range of recipes influenced by French and English cuisine including extensive instructions for the creation of all aspects of a complete menu for small as well as large parties. The menus covered a wide collection from those “now used at the best tables of London and Paris”.