Project Gutenberg 2025-04-10 Public domain in the USA. 169 Barker, Lady (Mary Anne) 1831 1911 Barker, Mary Anne, Lady Broome, Lady (Mary Anne) Broome, Mary Anne Stewart Barker, Lady Stewart, Mary Anne First lessons in the principles of cooking $aLondon :$bMacmillan, $c1886. Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "First Lessons in the Principles of Cooking" by Lady Barker is an instructional guide on the science and practicalities of cookery, written in the late 19th century. The book addresses the principles behind selecting, preparing, and cooking food, with an emphasis on economy and the importance of understanding nutrition. This work is likely intended for households of all sizes and incomes, focusing on how knowledge and good management in the kitchen can improve both health and budget. The opening of this guide establishes a sense of urgency about the need to eliminate waste in household food preparation, attributing much waste to ignorance of basic food science and preparation techniques. Lady Barker advocates for a scientific, practical approach to cookery, emphasizing the importance of understanding the chemical composition of food and how different foods and preparation methods affect health and economy. She distinguishes her book from typical cookery books by focusing on the "reasons why" behind choosing and preparing various foods, relying on findings from practical chemists rather than personal theory. The early sections move on to discuss staple foods like milk, bread, beef, fish, and vegetables, examining their nutritional values and appropriate cooking methods. The narrative is pragmatic, inclusive of social commentary, and aims not merely at providing recipes, but at fostering fundamental culinary understanding and responsible management in the home. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/firstlessonsinpr00barkrich 20240813080020barker 1886 GB Reading ease score: 54.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Cooking TX Text Category: Cooking & Drinking Category: How To ... Category: Nutrition 183406 2025-07-30T05:24:52.036264 text/html 158447 2025-04-10T18:27:37 text/html 359446 2025-07-30T05:24:56.941312 application/epub+zip 357849 2025-07-30T05:24:53.696275 application/epub+zip 200249 2025-07-30T05:24:52.719275 application/epub+zip 880907 2025-07-30T05:24:59.519198 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 857305 2025-07-30T05:24:56.208250 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162909 2025-07-30T05:24:51.714298 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 142964 2025-04-10T18:27:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16463 2025-07-30T05:24:59.688245 application/rdf+xml 16101 2025-07-30T05:24:52.932268 image/jpeg 1819 2025-07-30T05:24:52.823243 image/jpeg 957679 2025-07-30T05:24:52.064263 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