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The Accomplisht Cook, or, The Art and Mystery of Cookery

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The Accomplisht Cook was first published in 1660 and this is a facsimile of the 1685 edition. Robert May was cook to the aristocracy of Royalist England; born in the year of the Armada; trained by his own father, then by powerful patrons in Paris; before apprenticeship in London with the cook to the Star Chamber. In the course of a long life, working almost exclusively for fellow Catholics and Royalists, he absorbed all the most fashionable tendencies at large in the kitchens of England.

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ISBN: 9781903018712
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Author: Robert May
Publisher: Prospect Books an imprint of Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 544 pages
Series: The English Kitchen
Genres: Cookery, Food and Drink

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