Susannah Carter (fl. 1765?) was the author of an early household management and cookery book, The Frugal Housewife, or, Complete woman cook. Little more is known than that Carter was from Clerkenwell in London as stated in the title page of the first edition. (From Wikipedia) More about Susannah Carter:
| | Books by Susannah Carter: Additional books by Susannah Carter in the extended shelves: Carter, Susannah: The frugal housewife: or, Complete woman cook. Wherein the art of dressing all sorts of viands, with cleanliness, decency, and elegance, is explained in five hundred approved receipts ... Together with the best methods of potting, collaring, preserving, drying, candying, pickling, and making domestic wines. To which are added, various bills of fare, and a proper arrangement of dinners, two courses, for every month in the year. (Printed by James Carey, 83, N. Second-Street., 1796) (page images at HathiTrust) Carter, Susannah: The frugal housewife: or, complete woman cook. Wherein the art of dressing all sorts of viands, with cleanliness, decency, and elegance, is explained in five hundred approved receipts... Together with the best methods of potting, collaring, preserving, drying, candying, pickling, and making domestic wines, to which are added, various bills of fare, and a proper arrangement of dinners, two courses, for every month of the year... (Matthew Carey, 1802) (page images at HathiTrust) Carter, Susannah: The frugal housewife, or Complete woman cook. Wherein the art of dressing all sorts of viands, with cleanliness, decency, and elegance, is explained in five hundred approved receipts ... to which are prefixed various bills of fare, for dinners and suppers in every month of the year; and a copious index to the whole. / By Susannah Carter, of Clerkenwell. ([Boston] : London. Printed for F. Newbery, at the corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard. Boston: re-printed and sold by Edes and Gill, in QueenStreet., [1772]), also by Paul Revere (HTML at Evans TCP) Carter, Susannah: The frugal housewife, or, Experienced cook : wherein the art of dressing all sorts of viands with cleanliness, decency, and elegance is explained in five hundred approved receipts ... (Printed for T. Hughes, 1823), also by Narcissa G. Chamberlain and Samuel Chamberlain (page images at HathiTrust)
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