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Isabella Beeton, born on March 12, 1836, and died on February 6, 1865, was an English author renowned for her cookbooks. Her work 'Beeton's Book of Household Management' had a profound impact on British domestic cooking in the 19th century.

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“there should be a place for everything, and everything in its place.”

Should Order Organization Organize Housework Workplace Safety Organizing Things Tidying Up Organized Life

Author:Isabella Beeton

“Frugality and economy are virtues without which no household can prosper. Whatever the income, waste of all kinds should be most sternly repressed ... Economy and frugality must never, however, be allowed to degenerate into meanness.”

Should Kind Economy Virtue Waste Income All Kinds Household Meanness Degenerates Thrift Repressed Frugality

Author:Isabella Beeton

“A good kitchen should be sufficiently remote from the principal apartments of the house, that the members, visitors, or guests of the family, may not perceive the odour incident to cooking, or hear the noise of culinary operations.”

Should May House Members Cooking Noise Perceive Operations Kitchen Culinary Guests Apartment Principal Incidents Visitors

Book:Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged Edition

Source: Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged Edition

“Afternoon tea should be provided, fresh supplies, with thin bread-and-butter, fancy pastries, cakes, etc., being brought in as other guests arrive.”

Should Bread Tea Fancy Etc Cake Afternoon Guests Supplies Pastries Bread And Butter Afternoon Tea

Author:Isabella Beeton

About the Author

Born: March 12, 1836
Died: February 6, 1865
Known for: Author
Quotes: 17

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Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged EditionRelated source material

Mrs Beeton's Household ManagementRelated source material

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