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All In The Cooking. Book 1 - Colaiste Mhuire Book of Household Cookery. Dublin: Educational Company of Ireland, (1947). Second Edition, 250 pages with index Publisher’s dark brown cloth boards lettered in black.
The second edition from 1947, thoroughly revised & with many new recipes and methods added. Given the good condition, this may be a later reprint of the second edition, but it has no information in this regard, and may just be the 1947 printinmg in very good condition .
Compiled by teachers at Mary’s College, Dublin, the first edition was published in 1946.
Many a reader will happily reminisce over the disciplined, informative, thoroughly-indexed and photo-free pages that are so typical of the era, and recall the successes (and maybe a few failures) of working from one of the many dog-eared copies that were in daily use in Ireland at the time ... Yes, times have changed and the advice given on meal planning, shopping and food storage may seem dated, but the principles are unchanged and anyone running a home or just looking after themselves needs to know the basics if they are do it well, efficiently, economically and enjoyably … There’s a lot of practical detail about all the primary ingredients - fish, meats poultry - including diagrams showing the Irish meat cuts … the basic cooking methods and (happy days) carving. How many of us search around frantically for someone who can make decent hand of carving the Christmas turkey? … All in the Cooking should be a fruitful reference for anyone who enjoys baking - especially anyone running a café or tea shop … There are plenty of the nice old fashioned hot puddings and cold sweets that have been half-forgotten … and there are bound to be a few recipes from the Bread and Cakes chapter that will widen the repertoire and bring smiles to the faces of family, friends and customers alike.
( above taken from the Georgina Campbell review of a recent reprint edition)
Originally published circa 1946 , this is the revised and expanded 2nd edition, by the same original authors, and published as a school text book edition by the Educational Company, Dublin. Weights are in imperial ONLY. ( Metric measurements were not introduced until the 4th edition in 1975) This edition is undated.
Condition - excellent, the sole flaw in a previous owner's name and address
The recipes are clear and laid out in numbered, step by step format.
A modern Irish classic .
THIS IS THE CLEANEST COPY OF THIS TITLE I'VE SEEN - VERY GOOD CONDITION THROUGHOUT, IN THE RARER DUSTJACKET WITH black and white CHECKERBOARD PATTERN.
