Elegant Economist
Before Mrs Beeton there was Eliza Acton, whose crisp, clear, simple style and foolproof instructions established the format for modern cookery writing, leading to her being called ''the best writer of recipes in the English language'' by Delia Smith.
Including such English classics as suet pudding, raspberry jam, lemonade and ''superlative mincemeat'' as well as evocatively-named creations like ''...
Before Mrs Beeton there was Eliza Acton, whose crisp, clear, simple style and foolproof instructions established the format for modern cookery writing, leading to her being called ''the best writer of recipes in the English language'' by Delia Smith.
Including such English classics as suet pudding, raspberry jam, lemonade and ''superlative mincemeat'' as well as evocatively-named creations like ''...
