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Cookery for Invalids and Others, inside pages, 1897Chapter VI of Cookery for Invalids and Others by Lizzie Heritage, detailing recipes for Apple and Apple and Crumb Puddings. Date: 1897
Tatler cover - Mrs Burleigh LeachFront cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a portrait of Mrs Burleigh Leach, wife of Brigadier-General Burleigh Leach and Controller of Inspection
Cookery schoolA young ladies school of cookery in Tremont Street, Boston, United States Date: 1880
Mrs C. S. Peel, 1917Dorothy Constance Peel, 1868-1934, aka Mrs CS Peel, prolific journalist and writer of numerous books on household management and domestic history
Trench Cooking for WomenCookery lessons in a trench dug-out - a special feature at Kings College for Women, London, as training for nurses leaving for the front. Date: 1915
Hungry Peter the pig plans for a partyHungry Peter the pig prepares for a party by planning an elaborate menu. Date: 1914
A food hygiene courseTwo chefs prepare food infront of a predominantly female audience who take notes and listen keenly to the two experts. The blackboard behind the cooks has details of todays dishes which include beef
Cookery Class 1930SA cookery class for brides-to- be (and one man in an apron, presumably one of the teachers!), Paris, France. Date: early 1930s
Boys Cookery ClassA jolly group photograph of a classroom of boys, with their teacher, at the London County Council School of Cookery for boys. Date: 1930s
Japan - A Japanese Cook. Date: circa 1910s
Bronze cooking utensils recovered from Pompeii, ItalyBronze cooking utensils recovered from excavations at Pompeii, Italy. Date: 1906
Russia, Street Utensil Seller. Date: circa 1901
Pig cooking with egg
AFS women undergoing catering instruction, WW2London regular and AFS firefighters spent many hours, sometimes days, at incidents during the Blitz. Seen here are women of the AFS learning to prepare and cook meals for those on the Blitz front line
Auxiliary London firewomen under catering instructionLondon regular and AFS firefighters spent many hours, sometimes days, at incidents during the Blitz, and they needed refreshments
Valentines Postcard - Chef makes Sweet Hearts Lets be Sweet hearts together. Date: 1907
National Training School of Cookery / Domestic EconomyThe National Training School of Cookery and other branches of Domestic Economy, London. The Needlework and Dressmaking Room. Date: circa 1907
Women at Army Cookery School, 1939A merry moment during peeling onions with the new Army cooks at an Army cookery school in the south of England in the early weeks of World War II. Date: 1939
Calfs head for carvingDiagram showing how to carve a calfs head. Calfs head had many culinary uses in the Victorian kitchen, including a key ingredient in mock turtle soup
Mexico - Lady making tortillas. She is rolling out the dough on a stone (with a rolling pin), shaping the tortillas and cooking them on a hot stove, with a elaborate stone chimney. Date: circa 1905
Fish Cookery ClassLadies in fur coats watching a cookery class, possibly for television, where the cook is demonstrating the art of oven fried fish! Date: 1960s
Mrs Beetons rich bride or christening cake, 1891Recipe for a rich bride or christening cake, 1891. Date: 1891
Cake and cake maker, 1898Advertisement for Robert McGhies icing powder, as produced by the British Malt Products Co, London. Used by all the icing experts and leading confectioners of the world. Date: 1898
Chief Cook of the JanissariesElchi Bashi or Chief Cook of the Janissaries. Military officer with cooking pots and implements as part of his uniform. 1803
Brazilians mashing turtle eggsNative indians of Brazil cooking al fresco: mashing turtle eggs in a large trough. Date: 19th century
Turtle, swallows nests and oxtailVictorian cooking ingredients: turtle, swallows nests and oxtail. Date: 19th century
Emperor Meneliks Bodyguard - seemingly at some form of exhibition/Intenrational show in Germany as the kitchen sign is in German. Date: 1907
Cookery lesson, Askham Grange Prison, North YorkshireInmates at Askham Grange female training prison in North Yorkshire take part in a cookery lesson. The instructor has written a recipe for scones on the blackboard. Date: circa 1945
Manual of Workhouse Cookery, coverThe cover of a well used copy of the Manual of Workhouse Cookery, marked Matrons Use in the top left corner. The book was published in 1901 alongside a major revision of workhouse diets
Cookery by Millicent SowerbyA group of girl guides busy in a kitchen making pastry and cakes
Young ladies Preparatory School 1858Preparatory School for young ladies, where they are urged to become good housewives and know something about the art of cookery
Cookery class, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys taking part in a cookery class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868
Education, girls, cookeryA well equipped cookery class. One girl slices, some use mixing bowls, some are at the sink washing and drying. A selection of cakes cool on baking racks in the foreground
Cookery education, 1955Two small girls in aprons at Harwich Road Primary, Colchester, sit at a table outdoors and roll pastry with rolling pins
A French kitchenA chef and maid prepare a sumptuous meal in a French kitchen. Dough has been rolled out on the side board and the chef decorates a three-tiered cake with flowers
Making PastryPastry is rolled out on the sideboard, then once cooked, the maid is shown removing the pie from the oven, and then once again with plates piled up high, ready for serving
Skinning a Rabbit for DinnerA housewife, determined to take on the domestic duties that their servant currently carries out, gets to grips with skinning a rabbit for dinner
Adverts for Mrs Beetons Book of Household ManagementTwo pages of advertisements for Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management and other Cookery Books, still going strong in the early 20th century
Modern Domestic CookeryThe exterior of the book Modern Domestic Cookery by Mrs Maria Rundell, a revision of her original A New System of Domestic Cookery
Preparing RissolesA photograph from the National Societys Training College for Teachers of Domestic Economy showing a female student preparing vegetarian macaroni rissoles
Lecture on Cookery at the International ExhibitionLecture on cookery attended by a well-heeled crowd at the London International Exhibition of 1873. The short lectures, by Mr Buckmaster
National Training School of Cookery at South Kensington. MoThe National Training School of Cookery was established in 1873, and commenced its work at South Kensington in 1874 with a view to promote generally the diffusion of a knowledge of cookery amongst
National Training School of Cookery at South Kensington: AftA lecture on practical cookery, seasoning fricandeau of veal at the National School of Cookery at South Kensington. The school was established in 1873
Housewife Makes Jam 1911LES CONFITURES A French housewife makes jams and jellies
Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 1 of 8The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts... She swots up on some pre-cookery reading... The Art of Making Tarts and the History of Jams
Mutton CotelettesCotelettes de mouton chaudfroid a l Indienne (lamb)
Game ChaudfroidChaudfroid de volaille en Belle Vue (game)