Quotes from Isabella Beeton

The kitchen is the great laboratory of the household, and much of the 'weal and woe' as far as regards bodily health, depends on the nature of the preparations concocted within its walls.

Dining is the privilege of civilization. . . . The nation which knows how to dine has learnt the leading lesson of progress.

there should be a place for everything, and everything in its place.

Fish is held out to be one of the greatest luxuries of the table and not only necessary, but even indispensable at all dinners where there is any pretence of excellence or fashion.

I have always thought that there is no more fruitful source of family discontent than a housewife's badly cooked dinners and untidy ways.

Dine we must and we may as well dine elegantly as well as wholesomely.