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    The Accomplisht Cook is an English cookery book published by the professional cook Robert May in 1660, and the first to group recipes logically into 24...
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    England. He is best known for writing and publishing the 1660 cookbook The Accomplisht Cook. It was the first major book of English recipes, and contains...
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    thickened with eggs and boiled. An early recipe can be found in The Accomplisht Cook by Robert May: To make a Norfolk Fool. Take a quart of good thick...
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    to the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, the term "hochepot" dates from the 13th century and means "shake pot", because the cook must shake the pot...
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    with hearbes and spices. Robert May's The Accomplisht Cook was published in 1660 when he was 72 years old. The book included a substantial number of recipes...
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    Cookerie. 1588. May, Robert (1685). The accomplisht Cook. Judy Gerjuoy. "Medieval Cookbooks". Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-06-15...
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  • Gravy, butter, and Lemons, and serve it up. In his 1660 cookery book The Accomplisht Cook, Robert May gives a recipe "To make a Bisk or Batalia Pie", which...
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    Cookbook (redirect from Cook book)
    (1588). The good Huswifes handmaid for Cookerie. May, Robert (1685). The accompliſht Cook. Judy Gerjuoy. "Medieval Cookbooks". Archived from the original...
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    English dish made with brown shrimp flavored with nutmeg and baked in butter. The butter acts as a preservative, and cayenne pepper may also be used. Regarded...
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    plain boiled and cooked meats. That cuisine was created in the British Raj when British wives or memsahibs instructed Indian cooks on the food they wanted...
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    Often, the faggot is cooked in a crock with gravy and served with peas and mashed potato.[citation needed] The dish gained popularity during the rationing...
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    related to the word dough. In the variant name spotted dog, dog is a variant form of dough. The dish is first attested in Alexis Soyer's The Modern Housewife...
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    around the meat itself, absorbing the juices and fat directly (as in a traditional Cornish under-roast). However, many cooks prefer to cook the potatoes...
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    Stilton cheese (category Cheeses with designation of origin protected in the European Union)
    been granted the status of a protected designation of origin (PDO) by the European Commission, requiring that only such cheese produced in the three counties...
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    cookery and housekeeping books in the late 16th century. His best-known works include The Good Huswifes Jewell (1585), The Booke of Carving and Sewing (1597)...
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    retirement from the kitchen in 1999, and cooked his final meal for a paying customer on 23 December at the Oak Room. He also returned all his Michelin...
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    and mashed potato. The dish is usually served with onion gravy, but may also include fried onions and peas. This dish, even when cooked at home, may be thought...
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    ISBN 9780718147709 Something for the Weekend (Penguin, 2005) ISBN 9780141022581 Cook with Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook (Michael Joseph, 2006) ISBN 9780718147716...
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  • as The 30-Minute Cook (1994) and Real Cooking, as well as his memoir-like columns for The Observer which he began in 1993. In 1998, Slater hosted the Channel...
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    which has been made in Gloucestershire, England, since the 16th century. There are two varieties of the cheese, Single and Double; both are traditionally made...
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    breakfast or fry-up is a substantial cooked breakfast meal often served in Britain and Ireland. Depending on the region, it may also be referred to as...
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  • 1615 The English Huswife calls for ingredients as varied as asparagus, capers, olives, lemons, and spinach. Robert May's 1660 The Accomplisht Cook is based...
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    wine or cider. It was a popular British confection from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The holiday punch, sweet and frothy, was often considered a ladies'...
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    June 1941) is an English cook and television presenter, known for teaching basic cookery skills in a direct style. One of the best-known celebrity chefs...
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    recipe". BBC Food. Cloake, Felicity (14 April 2011). "How to cook perfect sticky toffee pudding". The Guardian. "Felicity Cloake's sticky toffee pudding". House...
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    this recipe from the cook of the imperial court in Vienna. She also included "filet à la Wellington" in the menus proposed for the "exquisite dinners"...
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    Cheddar cheese (category Cheeses with designation of origin protected in the European Union)
    the most popular cheese in the UK, accounting for 51% of the country's £1.9 billion annual cheese market. It is the second-most popular cheese in the...
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    centuries. The earliest known recipes for hasty pudding date to the 17th century. There are three examples in Robert May's The Accomplisht Cook. The first...
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    Gordon Ramsay (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
    guest cook competition, a food-related investigative report, and a series-long project of raising animals to be served in the finale. The guest cook (usually...
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    write her first book. She has since cooked for a range of food-related bodies, including the Egg Council and the Flour Advisory Board. In 1966 she became...
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