Livened up by xylographic pictures and a plentiful general index, the "Cucina borghese" is a collection of quite several recipes, 800 of which, about general cuisine and 350 about desserts: the whole is provided with a huge thematic and systematic framework. The French and Russian bourgeois table service suggests a course selection "right for homeopathic care and for fasting days", what makes the author a sort of forerunner.