The Experienced English Housekeeper

by Elizabeth Raffald

Book cover: The Experienced English Housekeeper

Extent: 232 pages

Publisher: Equinox Publishing

Subjects: Food & Drink

Series: Southover Press Historic Cookery And Housekeeping

Language: English

Paperback (Forthcoming)

(January 2026)

ISBN: 9781800508538

9.06 x 9.72 inches

Price: $24.95

On back order

Hardback (Out of print)

(January 1997)

ISBN: 9781870962131

Price: $35.00

Out of stock

FIrst published in 1769. The introduction by Roy Shipperbottom is the fruit of extensive research into the life of the extraordinary Elizabeth Raffald, a pioneer among women entrepreneurs – she had a cooked meat shop, wrote the first-ever street directory and ran an employment agency for servants. This cookery book became a bestseller, and made public the then secret art of confectionary.

  • By (author) Elizabeth Raffald