I would imagine you have read your Mrs. Beetons? Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management
There are some interesting recipes, and she and her book were widely influential. The book contained reasonably detailed instructions and quantities. There wasn’t any of that ‘cook in the usual manner’ that Caréme and Escoffier used. It was much more a modern cookbook in that respect.
From a modern lens she was also horrible, i.e. ‘Indian servants are good, many of them: but they cannot be trusted and will cheat if they have a chance’.