Binding: Paperback
Description: 'an Indian household can no more be governed peacefully without dignity and prestige than an Indian Empire In The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook (1888) Flora Annie Steel and her co - author Grace Gardiner provide practical and often highly opinionated advice to young memsahibs in India. They explain how to 'make a hold over servants how to establish and stock a storeroom how to plan a menu manage young children treat bites from 'mad or even doubtful dogs' and teach an Indian cook how to make fish quenelles. The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook promised its reader a comprehensive guide to domesticitiy in India even if she found herself living in camps or in the jungle on the hills or in the plains whether she was the wife of an influential Indian Civil Servant or a missionary. This new edition complete with its stimulating introduction and substantial notes makes available a classic domestic work that in detailing the memsahib's role in the household sheds light on the entire imperial experience. About THE Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up - to - date bibliographies for further study and much more.
Title: The Complete Indian Housekeeper And Cook
Author(s): Gardiner Grace, Johnston, Anna (Queen Elizabeth Ii Research Fellow In English, University Of Tasmania)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199605767
Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Date: 11/1/2011
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Category: Nostalgia: General