Thomas Newington’s Recipes

In the first week of our crowdfund, 56 people have contributed £4,945 Click here to support publication of Sarah Ainslie’s WOMEN AT WORK Today I thought you might take inspiration from these recipes – culinary and medicinal – from Thomas Newington‘s book that he wrote in 1715 while in domestic service in Brighton, illustrated with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. Do let me know how you get on. Madam, Perhaps you may wonder to see your Receipts thus increased in Bulk and Number, Especily when you consider that they come from me who cannot make pretentions to things of thy nature, but haveing in my hands some Excelent Manuscripts of Phisick, Cookery, Preserves &c which were the Palladium of Many Noble Familyes, I did imagine that by blending them together, which in themselves were so choice and valuable, they woud magnifie and Illustrate each other. Madam, I might well fear lest these rude and unpolished lines should offend you but that I hope your goodness will rather smile at the…