Delightes for Ladies

Delightes for Ladies is a book of recipes and household hints for women, written by Sir Hugh Plat (perhaps best remembered for Floreas Paradise) and published in London in 1602. Its full title is Delightes for ladies: to adorn their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories with beauties, banquets, perfumes and waters. A successful book in its day, some of the recipes have survived to be in relatively common use even 400 years later, in particular the various mixed alcoholic beverages.

Modern editions and references

• Delightes for Ladies has not been frequently reprinted. However, a few printings were made in the early 1900s by Crosby Lockwood & Son Ltd, a London publisher. These printings featured a new introduction.
• Delightes for Ladies was edited into A Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Cookbooks, a compendium compiled by Duke Cariadoc of the Bow and The Duchess Diana Alena, published in 1991.
• An essay on Delightes for Ladies by garden historian Malcolm Thick entitled "A Close Look at the Composition of Sir Hugh Plat’s Delightes for Ladies" was published in The English Cookery Book - Historical Essays (ISBN 1-903018-36-6)