num_pages: 160
description: First published in 1596. One of the earliest cookery books for the growing middle classes in Elizabethan England, contemporary with Shakespeare's Much Ado and Merry Wives. Many of the recipes are cookable today. Introduction by Maggie Black.
language: English
title: The Good Housewife's Jewel
titlecomplete: The Good Housewife's Jewel (Southover Historic Cookery & Housekeeping S)
genres: Food History, Cooking
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Equinox Publishing