Hannah Glasse

Hannah Glasse (; March 1708 – 1 September 1770) was an English cookery writer of the 18th century. Her first cookery book, ''The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy'', published in 1747, became the best-selling recipe book that century. It was reprinted within its first year of publication, appeared in 20 editions in the 18th century, and continued to be published until well into the 19th century. She later wrote ''The Servants' Directory'' (1760) and ''The Compleat Confectioner'', which was probably published in 1760; neither book was as commercially successful as her first.

Glasse was born in London to a Northumberland landowner and his mistress. After the relationship ended, Glasse was brought up in her father's family. When she was 16 she eloped with a 30-year-old Irish subaltern then on half-pay and lived in Essex, working on the estate of the Earls of Donegall. The couple struggled financially and, with the aim of raising money, Glasse wrote ''The Art of Cookery''. She copied extensively from other cookery books, around a third of the recipes having been published elsewhere. Among her original recipes are the first known curry recipe written in English, as well as three recipes for pilau, an early reference to vanilla in English cuisine, the first recorded use of jelly in trifle, and an early recipe for ice cream. She was also the first to use the term "Yorkshire pudding" in print.

Glasse became a dressmaker in Covent Garden—where her clients included Princess Augusta, the Princess of Wales—but she ran up excessive debts. She was imprisoned for bankruptcy and was forced to sell the copyright of ''The Art of Cookery''. Much of Glasse's later life is unrecorded; information about her identity was lost until uncovered in 1938 by the historian Madeleine Hope Dodds. Other authors plagiarised Glasse's writing and pirated copies became common, particularly in the United States. ''The Art of Cookery'' has been admired by English cooks in the second part of the 20th century, and influenced many of them, including Elizabeth David, Fanny Cradock and Clarissa Dickson Wright. Provided by Wikipedia

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by Glasse, Hannah
Published 1800
printed by J. D. Dewick, Westmoreland Buildings, Aldersgate Street, and sold by R. Dutton , Birchin Lane ; West and Hughes , Paternoster-Row ; and all other booksellers

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by Glasse, Hannah
Published 1781
printed for Alexander Donaldson. Sold at his shop, No. 48, St. Paul's Church-Yard, London; and at Edinburgh

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by Glasse, Hannah
Published 1775
printed for a company of booksellers, and sold by L. Wangford, in Fleet-Street, and all other booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland. Be careful to observe (mrs. Glass being dead) that the Genuine Edition of her Art of Cookery is thus signed, by W. Wangford

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by Glasse, Hannah
Published 1758
printed for the author: and sold by A. Millar, in the Strand; and T. Trye, near Gray's-Inn Gate, Holbourn

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by Glasse, Hannah
Published 1788
printed for J. Rivington and Sons, L. Davis, T. Longman, B. Law, T. Payne and Son, B. White and Son, J. Robson and W. Clarke, J. Johnson, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, T. Vernor, E. Newbery, W. Nicoll, H. Gardiner, R. Baldwin, J. Bew, W. Goldsmith, J. Sewell, S. Hayes, J. Debrett, J. Knox, W. Fox, D. Ogilvy, W. Lowndes, G. and T. Wilkie, and C. Stalker

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by Glasse, Hannah
Published 1748
printed for the author, and sold at Mrs. Wharton's Toy-Shop, the Bluecoat-Boy, near the Royal-Exchange; at Mrs. Ashburn's China-Shop, the Corner of Fleet-Ditch; at Mrs. Condall's Toy-Shop, near Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holborn; at the author's, at the Prince of Wales's Arms, in Tavistock-Street, Covent-Garden; and at all the great towns in England

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by Glasse, Hannah
Published 1751
printed for the author, and sold at the Bluecoat-Boy, near the Royal-Exchange; at Mrs Ashburn's China-Shop, the Corner of Fleet-Ditch; at the Leg and Dial, in Fleet-Street; at the Prince of Wales's Arms, in Tavistock-Street, Covent-Garden; by W. Innys, in Pater-Noster Row; J. Hodges, on London-Bridge: T. Trye, near Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holborn; J. Brotherton, in Cornhill; and by the Booksellers in Town and Country

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by Glasse, Hannah
Published 1778
printed for W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, S. Crowder, J. Hinton, J. Johnson, T. Longman, W. Owen, B. White, T. Caslon, J. Wilkie, J. Robson, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, T. Becket, W. Davies, J. Knox, W. Nicoll, T. Lowndes, R. Dymott, H. Gardner, B. Domville, J. Richardson, T. Durham, R. Baldwin, J. Bew, F. Newberry, W. Goldsmith, Fielding and Walker, J. Wallis, and W. Fox