Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 839 Randolph, Mary 1762 1828 Mann, Molly Randolph, Molly Mann, Mary The Virginia Housewife; Or, Methodical Cook Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virginia_House-Wife E-text prepared by David Starner, Kevin Handy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Virginia Housewife; Or, Methodical Cook" by Mary Randolph is a comprehensive cookbook and household management guidewritten in the early 19th century. The book emphasizes the importance of methodical management in cooking and housekeeping, providing practical advice and recipes aimed at helping the inexperienced housekeeper navigate domestic responsibilities with ease and economy. At the start of the book, Randolph shares her personal challenges as a new housekeeper and the motivation behind compiling clear and systematic cooking methods. She stresses the significance of early rising and maintaining order within household tasks to prevent chaos. The preface serves as a foundation for the recipes to follow, offering insights into the structure of daily meals and household management, and hints at the variety of dishes that expect the reader, ranging from soups to meats, sauces, and desserts that will be elaborated on throughout the volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Cooking, American Cooking -- Virginia TX Text Cookbooks and Cooking Category: Cooking & Drinking Category: How To ... 326368 2025-10-05T15:09:41.726708 text/html 298250 2024-10-28T19:35:34 text/html 210878 2025-10-05T15:09:52.221672 application/epub+zip 207175 2025-10-05T15:09:45.922736 application/epub+zip 172957 2025-10-05T15:09:44.297727 application/epub+zip 587926 2025-10-05T15:09:58.014700 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431257 2025-10-05T15:09:50.788703 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 396825 2022-09-06T21:11:31.577200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290836 2025-10-05T15:09:40.905703 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 270936 2024-10-28T19:35:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16646 2025-10-05T15:09:58.154642 application/rdf+xml 18448 2025-10-05T15:09:44.820709 image/jpeg 3962 2025-10-05T15:09:44.560756 image/jpeg 188516 2025-10-05T15:09:41.750723 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia