Cakes & Ale

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Cakes & Ale - A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and...
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Author: Spencer, Edward,1844-1910
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Language: English
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Cakes & Ale

Cakes & Ale

$98.74 $49.35

Cakes & Ale

$98.74 $49.35
Author: Spencer, Edward,1844-1910
Format: eBook
Language: English

Cakes & Ale - A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly veracious

A long time ago, an estimable lady fell at the feet of an habitual publisher, and prayed unto him: Give, oh! give me the subject of a book for which the world has a need, and I will write it for you. Are you an author, madam? asked the publisher, motioning his visitor to a seat. No, sir, was the proud reply, I am a poet. Ah! said the great man. I am afraid there is no immediate worldly need of a poet. If you could only write a good cookery book, now! The story goes on to relate how the poetess, not rebuffed in the least, started on the requisite culinary work, directly she got home; pawned her jewels to purchase postage stamps, and wrote far and wide for recipes, which in course of time she obtained, by the hundredweight. Other recipes she conveyed from ancient works of gastronomy, and in a year or two the magnum opus was given to the world; the ladys share in the[Pg x] profits giving her adequate provision for the remainder of her life. We are not told, but it is presumable, that the publisher received a little adequate provision too. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 43278
Author: Spencer, Edward
Release Date: Jul 22, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

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