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Eliza Acton

“Without wishing in the slightest degree to disparage the skill and labour of breadmakers by trade, truth compels us to assert our conviction of the superior wholesomeness of bread made in our own homes.”
- Eliza Acton,
- Modern Cookery for Private Families
- (1845)

Eliza Acton, English poet, cook

(1799 - 1859)

Full name: Elizabeth “Eliza” Acton.