£9.00
Title: Little Dinners-How to Serve Them with Elegance and Economy
Author: Mary Hooper
Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co
Publication Date: c1886
Format: Hardback
Condition: Covers are heavily shelf soiled and have mild bumping to spine and corners. Pages are clean with no marks. Several pages have dog-eared corners.
Book measures: 18cm x 12cm with 265+ pages
1 in stock
Mary Hooper’s Victorian guide, Little Dinners: How to Serve Them with Elegance and Economy, provides structured instructions for hosting sophisticated multi-course meals on a modest budget. The text details seasonal menu planning, precise recipes for soups, fish, and entremets, and specific protocols for table service and presentation. Hooper emphasizes the logistical coordination required for a smooth kitchen-to-table transition, offering a detailed snapshot of domestic management and culinary expectations for the nineteenth-century middle-class household.
| Weight | 0.750 kg |
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