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This extra special edition, created in 2019, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the first printed recipe for wedding cake, contains a reproduction of the first edition of the original cookbook from 1769; includes an Appendix with the additional recipes featured in the second edition issued in 1771; AND includes an introduction by Suze Appleton containing references to source material from her research. It was Elizabeth Raffald's innovation for rich fruit cake with double icing for wedding cake which began a long lasting tradition. Her book also contains many other innovative recipes in the original 800 recipe book. This edition also contains an extract of the fiction of Elizabeth's life, An Uncommon Woman, currently in progress, to be released in 2020.

Elizabeth Raffald was an amazing woman, achieving a great many things in a short time. She was an author, innovator, benefactor and entrepreneur as well as a mother and a wife. From the age of 15 she was in service as a housekeeper to great families and at the age of 30 began her career in business. She began with catering, included a school and employment office before writing this cookbook which contains her own original, innovative recipes, giving us wedding cake, stock cubes, Eccles cakes and much more that we take for granted. She gained a huge reputation for her confectionery skills, while running shops and a coaching inn, giving financial aid to the only newspaper in Manchester at the time, producing the town's first ever directory in 1772, (only the second after London), supporting several poor widows of the area, collaborating on a book of midwifery, and having 9 children.

The third book in a series beginning with Oh Sh** , followed by Good Men and Mavericks, it covers further trials of Sharon, a forty-something British woman. In House of Sunshine she sets out on a trip across America in a Winnebago but as usual nothing goes according to plan for Sharon.

I wrote this book for other women, newly diagnosed with breast cancer, who wondered exactly what they could expect from the treatment of the condition. It's an account of my experiences and emotions during the treatment.

Three colleagues thrown together in a training session find their destinies intertwined in ways they never expected. All Matt wants to do is make some money to clear his debts. When he gets to sit opposite a good looking girl in the call centre where they work, and they are both chosen for promotion, he is thrilled, until he meets their other team mates, especially the aggressive Krystal. Throw in a local thug, some Viking action and a couple of inept managers and the whole situation becomes explosive

Elizabeth Raffald was a tremendous character who lived in pre-industrial Manchester. She produced a must-have cook book, the town's first ever trade directory while running confectionery shops, cookery school and pubs and having a family of at least 6 daughters. She did so much more and yet is barely known in her own city.

This is a retyped edition of the original 18th century book by Elizabeth Raffald, the forgotten woman of Manchester. Her first edition of The Experienced English Housekeeper contained around 800 recipes and for the second edition another 100 were added including several for turtle It is a comprehensive work and covers most foods, often going from the live animal to the finished dish. It was reprinted many times up to the mid 19th century, with 13 genuine editions, together with another 26 pirate editions, including one for America. It was not until after Elizabeth's death that the books carried an engraving of her, the only image we have of her. Working in the 18th century Elizabeth Raffald produced an amazing cookbook, was a serial entrepreneur with multiple businesses and is also renowned as the compiler of Manchester's first ever town directory in 1772.

Elizabeth was an amazing woman, achieving a great many things in a short time. She was an author, innovator, benefactor and entrepreneur as well as a mother and a wife. From the age of 15 she was in domestic service as a housekeeper to great families including the Warburtons of Arley Hall, Cheshire, where she married the head gardener and at the age of 30 beginning her career in business. She began with catering, included a school and employment office before writing a cookbook which contained her own original, innovative recipes, giving us wedding cake, stock cubes, Eccles cakes and much more that we take for granted. She went on to gain a huge reputation for her confectionery skills, while running shops and a coaching inn, giving financial aid to the only newspaper in Manchester at the time, producing the town's first ever directory in 1772, supporting several poor widows of the area, collaborating on a book of midwifery, and having 9 children.

Ever get that feeling that life is out to trip you up? Sharon Carter knows that feeling only too well. All she's doing is trying to make a living and pay her bills. She steps out of her comfort zone to attend a talk that her best friend Ronnie has recommended. It has the most unforeseen outcome and she embarks on a roller coaster journey from Stockport to Sri Lanka with the mysterious Swami, a hypnotic and charismatic man in a purple robe.

After being sued by Swami in the first story, 'Oh Sh** ', Sharon takes any work that she can so that she can stay in her friend's house on the Isle of Man. She works for the new tenant who is running it as a guest house. After taking her last insult from the woman she runs away, back to her friend Ronnie in Manchester. On her travels she picks up a marriage proposal, a cheque and a dilemma. Can she make a good choice this time?

Three colleagues thrown together in a training session find their destinies intertwined in ways they never expected. All Matt wants to do is make some money to clear his debts. It's a bonus that he gets to sit opposite a good looking girl in the call centre where they work, and when they are both chosen for promotion he is thrilled, until he meets their other team mates, especially the aggressive Krystal. Throw in a local thug and a couple of inept managers and the whole situation becomes explosive

This book is the original 18th century cookbook retyped in modern print. It is a complete reproduction exactly as Elizabeth wrote it. For more information about Elizabeth's fascinating life please see my other book about her, The Experienced English Housekeeper of Manchester, available on Amazon in ebook and print formats.NB. If you require a copy at short notice, please contact me at [email protected] as I always have some in stock.

A tale of fun under the palm trees. Join Emerson and Jimanena, Precious and Barry, and James and Carla with a cast of supporting characters as their idyllic tropical paradise is visited by a relative from Britain. Her accident prone ways cause havoc, especially in the Dolphin Pool but no-one could have foreseen the surprising outcome. Dedicated to a lovely man, Gerry Lowe, upon whom the character of Emerson is loosely based. Some of the incidents are based on true events and some are just flights of my imagination. Enjoy