Recipes of various kinds in cooking, preserving, brewing and other important matters. collected and improved by an amateur of the highest distinction.

Derived from sources the most authentic, ancient & modern, foreign & domestic, and embracing a compendium of useful and entertaining knowledge.

Submitted with the utmost defense to a discerning and discriminating public.

“The wise woman builds her house.”
“At the end of each week, look over every item of expenditure to see if you have been extravagant.”
“There is not a better occasion for charitable consideration then when a person is sick. A bit of meat of pudding sent unexpectedly has often been the means of recalling long lost appetite.”

'Recipes of Various Kinds' forms part of a book published in 1927 by Herbert Jenkins Ltd. The 1927 edition tells us that the title page and most of its recipes are sourced from a collection "one hundred years earlier".

This is a book that offers the readers of today the opportunity to enjoy some 'old time' original recipes.