<p>Eliza Leslie (1787-1858), frequently referred to as Miss Leslie, was an American author of popular cookbooks during the nineteenth century. She also wrote household management books, etiquette books, novels, short stories and articles for magazines and newspapers. Leslie's Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (1837), sold at least 150,000 copies and stayed in print into the 1890s, making it the most popular cookbook of the century. It was a generalized work, written to appeal to all classes and to city or rural dwellers from all regions. Some of her nine cookbooks were more specialized. Using the French she learned as a child, Leslie translated French recipes for Domestic French Cookery (1832) and wrote an entire book on cornmeal recipes, The Indian Meal Book (1847).</p>

Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches (Esprios Classics)

Leslie, Miss

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Eliza Leslie (1787-1858), frequently referred to as Miss Leslie, was an American author of popular cookbooks during the nineteenth century. She gained popularity for her books on etiquette as well. For a time, she also edited an annual gift book called The Gift, which included contributions from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Elizabeth F. Ellet, Lydia Sigourney, Charles Fenno Hoffman, and others. Amongst her other works are Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats (1829), Pencil Sketches (3 series 1833- 1837), Directions For Cookery, in its Various Branches (1840), Amelia; or, A Young Lady of Vicissitudes (1848), The Dennings and Their Beaux and Alina Derlay (1851), The Maid of Canal Street; and The Bloxhams (1851) and The Behaviour Book: A Manual for Ladies (1853).

Directions for Cookery, in Its Various Branches

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Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats

Seventy-five Receipts For Pastry Cakes, And Sweetmeats

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on standardized tests, Webster's paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats by Miss Leslie was edited for students who are actively building their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT¿, SAT¿, AP¿ (Advanced Placement¿), GRE¿, LSAT¿, GMAT¿ or similar examinations.PSAT¿ is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT¿ is a registered trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE¿, AP¿ and Advanced Placement¿ are registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which neither sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT¿ is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management Admissions Council which is neither affiliated with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT¿ is a registered trademark of the Law School Admissions Council which neither sponsors nor endorses this product. All rights reserved.

Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry Cakes, and Sweetmeats

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