Hannah Glasse pirated Dublin/American editions
- Year
- 1750-1810
- Era
- 18th century
- Origin
- Ireland/USA · Various
- Language
- English
- Category
- Pirated/Variant editions
Pirated Dublin and American editions of Hannah Glasse's The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy circulated widely between roughly 1750 and 1810, issued by printers outside the reach of London copyright. Often abridged, reset, or silently altered, these variants document the transatlantic appetite for English domestic cookery and played a formative role in shaping early American kitchen practice before a distinct national cookbook tradition emerged.
Cooking from this book
Yorkshire Pudding
Signature dishAmong the dishes carried across the Atlantic through these unauthorised reprints, Yorkshire Pudding stands out as a defining preparation of the Glasse tradition. A light, billowy batter baked beneath roasting meat to catch its drippings, it became a cornerstone of Anglo-American Sunday tables. Its appearance in Dublin and American piracies helped fix the dish in colonial kitchens, spreading a distinctly English roast-dinner ritual far beyond its original Yorkshire heartland and shaping early national cookery.
An editorial note on a dish associated with this book, written for The Coquinist. It is not a reproduction of the book's recipe.