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Eliza Acton (April 17th, 1799 - February 13th, 1859) was an English poet and food writer who produced one of Britain's first cookery books.

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Eliza Acton

English food writer and poet

Eliza Acton (17 April 1799 – 13 February 1859) was an English food writer and poet who produced one of Britain's first cookery books aimed at the domestic reader, Modern Cookery for Private Families. The book introduced the now-universal practice of listing ingredients and giving suggested cooking times for each recipe. It included the first recipes in English for Brussels sprouts and for spaghetti. It also contains the first recipe for what Acton called "Christmas pudding"; the dish was normally called plum pudding, recipes for which had appeared previously, although Acton was the first to put the name and recipe together.

Acton was born in 1799 in Sussex. She was raised in Suffolk where she ran a girls' boarding school before spending time in France. On her return to England in 1826 she published a collection of poetry and released her cookery book in 1845, aimed at middle class families. Written in an engaging prose, the book was well received by reviewers. It was reprinted within the year and several editions followed unt

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Eliza Acton was a 19^th century English poet and pioneer of cookery writing. Her books on kitchen arts, including detailed recipes with cooking times, were for the benefit of those cooking in their own homes as opposed to professional chefs. Isabella Beeton followed her example much later and made a great commercial success of her venture.

She was born Elizabeth Acton in the south coast Sussex town of Battle on the 17^th April 1788. Her mother produced five children and her father was a brewer in Suffolk. The family moved to Ipswich when Eliza was still a baby. She went to school there and, in 1816, was the co-founder of a school for girls in Claydon, a small town just to the north of Ipswich. Poor health prevented her from making it a long-term commitment and she left after four years.

She then decided to live in France for a time where she began writing poetry. A collection of her work was published under the title Poems in 1826, by which time she had returned to England. The verses were mostly about unrequited love and she achieved some success with it, resulting in a rep

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First Woman Eliza Acton, writer of the first cook book aimed at the home cook

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It’s pancake day! Which seems like a good opportunity to celebrate someone whose cooking extended far beyond pancakes. Eliza Acton (1799 – 1859) was the writer of the first cook book aimed at the home cook, in 1845.

Anyone who has ever enjoyed chutney, mulligatawny soup, or Christmas pudding has much to thank Eliza Acton for. Her 1845 book Modern Cookery for Private Families, also known as Modern Cookery in all its Branches was where recipes for these dishes were published for the first time.

Modern Cookery bucked a trend. It was the first book of recipes aimed at the interested home amateur rather than a professional chef. It was also the first recipe book to list the ingredients and quantities required – plus cooking times – separately from the method, something so obviously sensible, it’s hard for us to imagine that recipes could ever be otherwise.

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