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Title

  • Apicius redivivus. The cook's oracle: containing practical receipts for roasting, boiling, frying ... &c., &c., on the most economical plan for private families; also, the art of composing the most simple, and most highly finished broths, gravies, soups, sauces, and flavouring essences : the quantity of each article being accurately stated by weight or measure ... The result of actual experiments made in the kitchen of a physician, for the purpose of composing a culinary code for the rational epicure ...

Other Title

  • Cook's oracle

Names

  • Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827.
  • Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, J. Hatchard [etc.] 1818.

Headings

  • -  Cooking

Notes

  • -  Published also under title: The cook's oracle.
  • -  "Anacreontic song" (song with music): 8 p. at end.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: p. 439-440 wanting.
  • -  Gift A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2.26.45.
  • -  LAC scc 2019-03-20 no edits (2 cards)

Medium

  • 20 p. l., xxxvii-lvii, [58]-592, 8 p. tab. 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • TX717 .K6 1818

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 44052121

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827, and Katherine Golden Bitting Collection On Gastronomy. Apicius redivivus. The cook's oracle: containing practical receipts for roasting, boiling, frying ... &c., &c., on the most economical plan for private families; also, the art of composing the most simple, and most highly finished broths, gravies, soups, sauces, and flavouring essences: the quantity of each article being accurately stated by weight or measure ... The result of actual experiments made in the kitchen of a physician, for the purpose of composing a culinary code for the rational epicure. [London, J. Hatchard et, 1818] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/44052121/.

APA citation style:

Kitchiner, W. & Katherine Golden Bitting Collection On Gastronomy. (1818) Apicius redivivus. The cook's oracle: containing practical receipts for roasting, boiling, frying ... &c., &c., on the most economical plan for private families; also, the art of composing the most simple, and most highly finished broths, gravies, soups, sauces, and flavouring essences: the quantity of each article being accurately stated by weight or measure ... The result of actual experiments made in the kitchen of a physician, for the purpose of composing a culinary code for the rational epicure. [London, J. Hatchard et] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/44052121/.

MLA citation style:

Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827, and Katherine Golden Bitting Collection On Gastronomy. Apicius redivivus. The cook's oracle: containing practical receipts for roasting, boiling, frying ... &c., &c., on the most economical plan for private families; also, the art of composing the most simple, and most highly finished broths, gravies, soups, sauces, and flavouring essences: the quantity of each article being accurately stated by weight or measure ... The result of actual experiments made in the kitchen of a physician, for the purpose of composing a culinary code for the rational epicure. [London, J. Hatchard et, 1818] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/44052121/>.