 Title page of 1813 edition | |
| Author | Mrs Rundell |
|---|---|
| Subject | English cooking |
| Genre | Cookery |
| Publisher | John Murray |
Publication date | 1806 |
| Publication place | England |
A New System of Domestic Cookery, first published in 1806 by Maria Rundell, was the most popular English cookery book of the first half of the nineteenth century; it is often referred to simply as Mrs Rundell, but its full title is A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy; and Adapted to the Use of Private Families.
Mrs Rundell has been called "the original domestic goddess"[a] and her book "a publishing sensation" and "the most famous cookery book of its time".[1] It ran to over 67 editions; the 1865 edition had grown to 644 pages, and earned two thousand guineas.
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- ^ Carrell, Severin (26 June 2007). "Archive reveals Britain's first domestic goddess". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2015.