The constance spry cookery book kindle edition by spry. May 4, 2012 classic vintage cookbooks from 1940 to 1959 many of them long forgotten and outofprint. If you are new here, you may want to learn a little more about how this site works. Constance spry is the author of the constance spry cookery book 4. Constance spry was born constance fletcher in derby in 1886, eldest child and only daughter of george fletcher and his wife henrietta maria fletcher. The constance spry cookery book kindle edition by spry, constance, hume, rosemary. Countless newlyweds in the 1960s, suddenly facing a need to cook for the first time in their lives, turned with relief to the constance spry cookery book as their kitchen bible. Originally published in 1956, this is one of the great cookbooks the sort that has its own bit of shelf, gets greasily annotated and is referred to as the book.
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Recipes from a decade of hope and regret so, i picked up a few midcentury cookbooks at an antiques store and thought id share a few pages from each. Some light wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, top corners of front and back cover bumped, top and bottom of spine a little bumped, internally in good condition, majority of pages crisp and clear, a few small marks on edges and a few notes in pen on rear of frontis. Mrs beetons book of household management wikipedia. Join facebook to connect with constance grey and others you may know. A collection of simple recipes for beginners in cookery 1922 by susanna shanklin browne. Cookbooks from chefs of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The constance spry cookery book is now an established classic and much requested on wedding gift lists and a timeless treasure which stands the test of time, and is perhaps even more needed today when so many people have not been taught to cook by mothers or at school. In 1959, aged 19, i was doing the advanced course at. Marguerite pattens international cookery in colour marguerite pattens new all colour cookery book marguerite pattens postwar kitchen.