In the 1870s Lady Barker found herself on a remote New Zealand sheep station with no idea how to cook. The cookbooks she found assumed she already knew the basics.
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About this audiobook
In the 1870s Lady Barker found herself on a remote New Zealand sheep station with no idea how to cook. The cookbooks she found assumed she already knew the basics. So she wrote her own, built on one idea: learn why food behaves as it does, and the recipes follow.
The lessons start with what food is made of, then bread, beef, fish and vegetables. Later lessons cover soups, potatoes, fuel and fire, and the main ways to cook: boiling, stewing, baking, roasting and frying. Economy runs through every chapter.
Read by Clare Staniforth. Good for anyone who likes old kitchens and plain practical advice.
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Details
Length
2 hr 24 min
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
July 2025
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798347387571
Questions
Who narrates the First Lessons in Principles of Cooking audiobook?
This edition of First Lessons in Principles of Cooking by Lady Barker is narrated by Clare Staniforth.
How long is the First Lessons in Principles of Cooking audiobook?
It runs 2 hr 24 min, unabridged, so you hear the complete text.
Is this audiobook narrated by a real person?
Yes. Every Academy Voices audiobook is Certified Human Voice: performed start to finish by a real narrator.
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