The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy is a cookbook by Hannah Glasse, first published in 1747. It was a bestseller for a century after its first publication, dominating the English-speaking market an
Frontispiece and title page in an early posthumous edition, published by L. Wangford, c. 1777
Hannah Glasse's signature at the top of the first chapter of her book, 6th Edition, 1758, an attempt to reduce plagiarism
Glasse used costly truffles in some recipes.
Ann Cook used the platform of her 1754 book Professed Cookery to launch an aggressive attack on The Art of Cookery.
Battalia pie
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Battalia pie is an English large game pie, or occasionally a fish pie, filled with many small "blessed" pieces, beatilles, of offal, in a gravy made from meat stock flavoured with spices and lemon. Th
Recipe for Battalia Pye from Eliza Smith's The Compleat Housewife, 9th edition, 1739