Image: Scan: Contributor. Original: W.Wangford c.1777 · Public domain
The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy
- Year
- 1747
- Era
- 18th century
- Origin
- England · Europe
- Language
- English
- Category
- English pre-1800
The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, first issued in London in 1747, ranks among the most influential English cookery books of the eighteenth century. Written in accessible prose aimed at domestic servants rather than professional chefs, it went through numerous authorised editions and inspired pirated printings in Dublin and colonial America. First editions are exceptionally rare, while later Georgian impressions remain highly collectable.
Cooking from this book
Yorkshire Pudding
Signature dishHannah Glasse's book is famously linked with Yorkshire Pudding, the puffed batter traditionally served alongside roast beef. Although the dish predates her work, Glasse helped popularise it for a wider domestic audience, presenting it as an accessible accompaniment for ordinary households rather than grand kitchens. Its inclusion reflects the book's wider mission to demystify English cookery and to put hearty, recognisably national fare within reach of every competent cook.
An editorial note on a dish associated with this book, written for The Coquinist. It is not a reproduction of the book's recipe.
