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Art criticism and education completes the disciplines in art education series. Hannah glasse march 1708 1 september 1770 was an english cookery writer of the 18th century. The art of cookery made plain and easy is a cookbook by hannah glasse 17081770 first published in 1747. The first edition of the book was published by glasse herself. The book weighs in at 443 pages of recipes, plus an extended preface in which glasse expresses a vivid disdain for french cooking on english shores, a lengthy table of contents and index. Of this edition, less than 15 copies are known to exist. The art of cookery made plain and easy by hannah glasse and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Which far exceeds any thing of the kind yet published.
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