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Parts I-XII

Parts XIII-XXIV

Index

THE

Accomplisht Cook,

OR THE

ART & MYSTERY

OF

COOKERY.

Wherein the whole ART is revealed in a
more easie and perfect Method, than hath
been publisht in any language.

Expert and ready Ways for the Dressing of all Sorts of FLESH, FOWL,and FISH, with variety of SAUCES proper for each of them; and how toraise all manner of Pastes; the best Directions for all sorts ofKickshaws, also the Terms of CARVING and SEWING.

An exact account of all Dishes for all Seasons of theYear, with other A-la-mode Curiosities.

The Fifth Edition, with large Additions throughout the whole work:besides two hundred Figures of several Forms for all manner of bak’dMeats, (either Flesh, or Fish) as, Pyes Tarts, Custards; Cheesecakes,and Florentines, placed in Tables, and directed to the Pages theyappertain to.

Approved by the fifty five Years Experience and Industry of ROBERT MAY; in his Attendance on severalPersons of great Honour.

London, Printed for Obadiah Blagrave at the Bearand Star in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1685.

To the Right Honourable my Lord Montague, My Lord Lumley, and myLord Dormer; and to the Right worshipful Sir Kenelme Digby, sowell known to this Nation for their Admired Hospitalities.

Right Honourable, and Right Worshipful,

HE is an Alien, a meerStranger in England, that hath not been acquainted with yourgenerous House-keepings; for my own part my more particular tyes ofservice to you my Honoured Lords, have built me up to the height of thisExperience, for which this Book now at last dares appear to the World;those times which I tended upon your Honours were those Golden Days ofPeace and Hospitality when you enjoyed your own, so as to entertain andreleive others.

Right Honourable, and Right Worshipful, I have not only been aneye-witness, but interestedA3vby my attendance; so as that I may justly acknowledge those Triumphs andmagnificent Trophies of Cookery that have adorned your Tables; nor can Ibut confess to the world, except I should be Guilty of the highestIngratitude, that the only structure of this my Art and knowledge,I owed to your costs, generous and inimitable Epences; thus noton

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