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2013 Book Review #5: The Campaign for Domestic Happiness
Title: The Campaign for Domestic Happiness
Author: Isabella Beeton
Genre: Historical household management how-to/cookbook
Thingummies: 5
Synopsis: A book of domestic management tips and recipes originally published in the 1860s (abridged).
Thoughts: This is the kind of thing that no average reader will be interested in, but for a certain type will be fascinating.
The first section contains tips on managing a household, from an average day's events to how much every kind of servant should be paid to how to throw a ball. The second is a series of recipes that include not only a description, list of ingredients, and instructions, but also an estimate of how much the dish will cost per person to prepare and what season it is appropriate for.
This is an invaluable resource for anyone with a nitpicky fascination for everyday life in Victorian England.
Author: Isabella Beeton
Genre: Historical household management how-to/cookbook
Thingummies: 5
Synopsis: A book of domestic management tips and recipes originally published in the 1860s (abridged).
Thoughts: This is the kind of thing that no average reader will be interested in, but for a certain type will be fascinating.
The first section contains tips on managing a household, from an average day's events to how much every kind of servant should be paid to how to throw a ball. The second is a series of recipes that include not only a description, list of ingredients, and instructions, but also an estimate of how much the dish will cost per person to prepare and what season it is appropriate for.
This is an invaluable resource for anyone with a nitpicky fascination for everyday life in Victorian England.