Displaying 1 of 1 2006 Format: Book Author: Hughes, Kathryn, 1959- Title: The short life and long times of Mrs. Beeton / Kathryn Hughes. Edition: 1st American ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Knopf, 2006. Description: x, 480 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Summary: A portrait of the life of the domestic diva of Victorian England profiles Isabella Beeton, the woman behind Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, a period collection of recipes and domestic advice. Subjects: Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865. Home economists -- Great Britain -- Biography. Home economics -- England -- History. Cooking, English -- History. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Originally published: London : Fourth Estate, 2005. Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-457) and index. Contents: Prologue : A tub-like lady in black -- Heavy, cold and wet soil -- Chablis to oysters -- Paper without end -- The entire management of me -- Crockery and carpets -- A most agreeable mélange -- Dine we must -- The alpha and the omega -- Perfect fashion and elegance -- Her hand has lost its cunning -- Spinnings about town -- The best cookery book in the world -- A Beetonian reverie. Web Site: Sample text Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2005044678 ISBN: 0307263738 9780307263735 1841153745 9781841153742 Other Number: 61704804 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 172546 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 640.92 Beeton Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
