Chapter I: Front Matter

MISS LESLIE'S

NEW

COOKERY BOOK.

One Volume, 652 pages, bound. Price $1.25.

T. B. Peterson, No. 102 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, has just published MISS LESLIE'S "NEW COOKERY BOOK." It comprises new and approved methods of preparing all kinds of Soups, Fish, Oysters, Beef, Mutton, Veal, Pork, Venison, Ham and Bacon, Poultry and Game, Terrapins, Turtle, Vegetables, Sauces, Bread, Pickles, Sweetmeats, Plain Cakes, Fine Cakes, Pies, Plain Desserts, Fine Desserts, Preparations for the Sick, Puddings, Confectionery, Rice, Indian Meal Preparations of all kinds, Miscellaneous Receipts, etc. etc. Also, lists of all articles in season suited to go together for breakfasts, dinners, and suppers, to suit large or small families, and much useful information and many miscellaneous subjects connected with general housewifery.

This work will have a very extensive sale, and many thousand copies will be sold, as all persons that have had Miss Leslie's former works, should get this at once, as _all the receipts in this book are new_, and have been fully tried and tested by the author since the publication of her former books, _and none of them whatever are contained in any other work but this_. It is the most complete Cook Book published in the world; and also the latest and best, as in addition to Cookery of all kinds and descriptions, its receipts for making cakes and confectionery are unequalled by any other work extant.

This new, excellent, and valuable Cook Book is published by T. B. Peterson, under the title of "MISS LESLIE'S NEW COOKERY BOOK," and is entirely different from any other work on similar subjects, under any other names, by the same author. It is an elegantly printed duodecimo volume, of 652 pages; and in it there will be found _hundreds of Receipts_--all useful--some ornamental--and all invaluable to every lady, miss, or family in the world.

Read what the Editors of the Leading Newspapers say of it.

_From the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper._

"This is a large, well-bound volume of near seven hundred
pages, and includes in it hundreds of receipts never before
published in any of Miss Leslie's other works, accompanied by a
well-arranged index, by which any desired receipt may be turned
to at once. The receipts are for cooking all kinds of meats,
poultry, game, pies, &c., with directions for confectionery,
ices, and preserves. It is entirely different from any former
work by Miss Leslie, and contains new and fresh accessions of
useful knowledge. The merit of these receipts is, that they
have all been tried, and therefore can be recommended
conscientiously. Miss Leslie has acquired great reputation
among housekeepers for the excellence of her works on cookery,
and this volume will doubtless enhance it. _It is the best book
on cookery that we know of_, and while it will be useful to
matrons, to young housewives we should think it quite
indispensable. By the aid of this book, the young and
inexperienced are brought nearly on a footing with those who
have seen service in the culinary department, and by having it
at hand are rendered tolerably independent of _help_, which
sometimes becomes very refractory. The best regulated families
are sometimes taken a little by surprise by the untimely
stepping in of a friend to dinner--to such, Miss Leslie is the
friend indeed, ready as her book is with instructions for the
hasty production of various substitutes for meals requiring
timely and elaborate preparation."

_From the Philadelphia Daily News._

"To the housekeeper, the name of Miss Leslie is a guaranty that
what comes from her hand is not only orthodox, but good; and to
the young wife about to enter upon the untried scenes of
catering for a family, _Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book_ may be
termed a blessing. It presents receipts, (and practical ones
too,) for preparing and cooking all kinds of soups, fish,
oysters, meats, game, cakes, pastry, and indeed everything
which enters into the economy of housekeeping. Their
recommendations are that they are all practical, and the novice
of the culinary art may enter upon her important duties with
'_Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book_' by her side, with perfect
confidence that the 'soup' will not be spoiled, and that the
dinner will be what is designed. How many disappointments could
be avoided, how many domestic difficulties prevented, and how
many husbands made happy, instead of miserable, by the use of
this '_vade mecum_,' we shall not pretend to say; but as we
have a sincere regard for every lady who reads the _News_, our
advice to them all is, by all means to buy _Miss Leslie's New
Cookery Book_. Mr. Peterson has done admirably in getting up
this work: it is handsomely and substantially bound in cloth,
gilt, and does credit to his business skill; the low price at
which the work is sold, when we take the size of it into
consideration, One Dollar and Twenty-five cents only, will
doubtless give it an immense sale."

_From the Philadelphia Saturday Courier._

"With such a book as _Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book_,
published by Mr. Peterson, it is inconceivable what a vast
extent of palate is destined to be astonished, and what a
gastronomic multitude is to be made happy, by the delicious
delicacies and substantial dishes so abundantly provided. Miss
Leslie has in previous works shown how great an adept she has
been in all culinary matters, and in all that relates to the
comforts and the social enjoyment of the table around which
cluster the good things of life. Literature is very good in its
way; but such dishes as Miss Leslie gives a foretaste of, come
up to a more delicious standard. Her authorship is exquisite,
and is destined to diffuse the very essence of good taste among
the fortunate people who sit down to good dinners and suppers,
not one of whom will rise from the table without a blessing on
_Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book_. And every taste is sure to be
pleased, for all the receipts in this book are new, and to be
found nowhere else, _and it is the best Cook Book ever
published_--one which, with its hundreds of receipts, ought to
be in the hands of every woman who has the slightest
appreciation of convenience, comfort and economy."

_From the Philadelphia Daily Sun._

"About one thousand new receipts, never before printed, appear
in this work, all of which have been tried before they are
recommended by the author. All kinds of cooking and pastry;
rules for the preparation of dinners, breakfasts, and suppers;
appropriate dishes for every meal; and a vast quantity of other
useful information, are embraced in the book. It is very
comprehensive, and is furnished with an index for the use of
the housewife. By the aid of Miss Leslie's peculiar happy
talent in giving culinary directions, our girls can acquire a
branch of useful information which is generally sadly neglected
in their education, and thus become fitted for their duties as
wives. One great advantage in _Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book_,
is the economy which it teaches in the management of a
household, as regards the preparations for the table. Peterson
has done this book up in beautiful style, and it will be sent
to any part of the Union, postage paid, upon the receipt of One
Dollar and Twenty-five Cents. Those who know how much of the
happiness of home depends upon well-cooked viands, neatly
served up, will thank the accomplished authoress for this
valuable contribution to domestic science."

_From the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Gazette._

"Miss Leslie's 'New Receipts for Cooking' is perhaps better
known than any similar collection of receipts. The very elegant
volume before us, entitled '_Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book_,'
is designed as a sequel and continuation to it, and should be
its companion in every family, as the receipts are all new, and
in no instance the same, even when their titles are similar. It
contains directions for plain and fancy cooking, preserving,
pickling; and commencing with soups, gives entirely new
receipts for every course of an excellent dinner, to the
jellies and confectionery of the dessert. Our readers are not
strangers to the accuracy and minuteness of Miss Leslie's
receipts, as, since the first number of the Gazette, she has
contributed to our housekeepers' department. The new receipts
in this volume are admirable. Many of them are modified from
French sources, though foreign terms and designations are
avoided. The publisher has brought it out in an extremely
tasteful style, and no family in the world should be without
it."

_From the Pennsylvania Inquirer._

"Mr. T. B. Peterson has just published '_Miss Leslie's New
Cookery Book_.' This will be a truly popular work. Thousands of
copies will very soon be disposed of, and other thousands will
be needed. It contains directions for cooking, preserving,
pickling, and preparing almost every description of dish: also
receipts for preparing farina, Indian meal, fancy tea-cakes,
marmalades, etc. We know of a no more useful work for
families."

_From the Public Ledger._

"As every woman, whether wife or maid, should be qualified for
the duties of a housekeeper, a work which gives the information
which acquaints her with its most important duties, will no
doubt be sought after by the fair sex. This work is '_Miss
Leslie's New Cookery Book_.' Get it by all means."

_From the Boston Evening Traveler._

"We do not claim to be deeply versed in the art of cookery; but
a lady, skilled in the art, to whom we have submitted this
work, assures us that there is nothing like it within the
circle of her knowledge; and that having this, a housekeeper
would need no other written guide to the mysteries of
housekeeping. It contains hundreds of new receipts, which the
author has fully tried and tested; and they relate to almost
every conceivable dish--flesh, fish, and fowl, soups, sauces,
and sweetmeats; puddings, pies, and pickles; cakes and
confectionery. There are, too, lists of articles suitable to go
together for breakfasts, dinners and suppers, at different
seasons of the year, for plain family meals, and elaborate
company preparations; which must be of great convenience.
Indeed, there appears to be, as our lady friend remarked,
everything in this book that a housekeeper needs to know; and
having this book she would seem to need no other to afford her
instruction about housekeeping."

MISS LESLIE'S

NEW

COOKERY

BOOK.

"As every woman, whether wife or maid, should be qualified for
the duties of a housekeeper, a work which gives the information
which acquaints her with its most important duties will no
doubt be sought after by the fair sex. This work is '_Miss
Leslie's New Cookery Book_.' Get it by all means."--_Public
Ledger._

PHILADELPHIA:
T. B. PETERSON NO. 102 CHESTNUT STREET.
1857.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by

ELIZA LESLIE,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United
States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.