Eliza Acton
Eliza ( Elizabeth ) Acton (* April 17, 1799, † February 13, 1859 ) was an English cook who wrote one of the first English cookbooks, which was aimed at households, Modern Cookery for Private Families. Eliza Acton was also a romantic poet.
Life
Eliza Acton spent her childhood in Suffolk, where her father's family lived, and later spent some time in France. As a grown woman she lived in Tonbridge and in Hampstead. She never married and lived most of her life with her mother in a household.
Modern Cookery for Private Families was first published in 1845 and followed in a revised edition in 1855. 1857 The English Bread Book. Acton's Modern Cookery for Private Families remained until the end of the 19th century in print. 1994 was launched again as a reprint.
In this book the first time they used the form to list all the ingredients at the beginning of a recipe which has later enforced universally. In addition, the first concrete measurements of the amounts to use and accurate cooking and baking times were given. The book served as the source for Isabella Beeton, which took numerous recipes from Acton's cookbook and from the bread baking book for her famous work Book of Household Management.
"The great praise that moved her work to be based on a combination of elegant, precise and clear writing style on the one hand and meticulous and attentive work in the kitchen on the other side. "
Many of Acton's recipes in the main part of the book are recognizable French origin. There is also another section, entitled "Foreign and Jewish Cookery ".
Works
- Poems, Ipswich in 1826.
- Modern Cookery for Private Families, London 1845.
- The English Bread Book, 1857