Isabella Beeton
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Isabella Mary Beeton, known as Mrs Beeton, was an English journalist, editor and writer. Her name is particularly associated with her first book, the 1861 work Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Manageme
Beeton photographed c. 1854
Cheapside, London, where Isabella and her family moved in 1836
The new race stand at Epsom Racecourse in 1829
Samuel Orchart Beeton in 1860
Clarissa Dickson Wright
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Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Johnston Dickson Wright was an English celebrity cook, television personality, writer, businesswoman, and barrister
Isabella Beeton
…the subsequent editions of the work were far removed from and inferior to the original version. Several cookery writers, including Elizabeth David and Clarissa Dickson Wright, have criticised Beeton's work, particularly her use of other people's recipes. Others, such as the food writer Bee Wilson, consider the censure…
Dickson Wright at a fundraising dinner for the Countryside Alliance in 2011