"As in the fine arts, the progress of……" — Isabella Beeton
"As in the fine arts, the progress of mankind from barbarism to civilisation is marked by a gradual succession of triumphs over the rude materialities of nature, so in the art of cookery is the progress gradual from the earliest and simplest modes, to those of the most complicated and refined."
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Isabella Beeton
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10 Quotes by Isabella Beeton
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It is true, says Liebeg, that thousands have lived without a knowledge of tea and coffee; and daily experience teaches…
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The half-hour before dinner has always been considered as the great ordeal through which the mistress, in giving a dinner-party,…
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It is to be regretted that domestication has seriously deteriorated the moral character of the duck. In a wild state,…
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Dining is the privilege of civilization. . . . The nation which knows how to dine has learnt the leading…
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A good kitchen should be sufficiently remote from the principal apartments of the house, that the members, visitors, or guests…
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The kitchen is the great laboratory of the household, and much of the 'weal and woe' as far as regards…
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Afternoon tea should be provided, fresh supplies, with thin bread-and-butter, fancy pastries, cakes, etc., being brought in as other guests…
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I have always thought that there is no more fruitful source of family discontent than a housewife's badly cooked dinners…
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What moved me, in the first instance, to attempt a work like this, was the discomfort and suffering which I…
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