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Kōrero: English

Mrs Beeton's cookbook

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Mrs Beeton's cookbook

English foods and traditions of cooking quickly became established in the colony. New Zealand women, like their English sisters, bought copies of Mrs Beeton’s book of household management to guide them in preparing traditional English fare.

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Heritage New Zealand – Pouhere Taonga, Alberton

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Terry Hearn, English – Popular culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/2737/mrs-beetons-cookbook (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Terry Hearn, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.