History of Food and Drink
Found in 181 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript Recipe Book
The Manuscript Recipe Book is undated, possibly from the 19th century. It contains recipes and home remedies in both English and French. The back of the book contains an essay about the origin and meaning of Feudal law and government. The author is unknown.
Manuscript Recipe Book,
The collection contains a half-filled manuscript recipes for baked goods, vegetables, main dishes, desserts, and candies.
Manuscript Recipe Book/Scrapbook,
The collection consists of a book, repurposed as a combination scrapbook and recipe book, probably created in the late 19th or early 20th century. There are newspaper clipped recipes, handwritten recipes, trade cards, calling cards, and index cards laid in throughout the book.
Records of the Virginia Cooperative Extension, Master Gardener Program
This collection contains four boxes of slide sets, some with related scripts, for the Virginia Cooperative Extension's Master Gardener Program. Most materials are undated, but likely date from between the 1970s and early 2000s. Topics include flowers, fruits, vegetables, trees, landscaping, gardening, composting, and careers in horticulture.
McCormick & Co. Advertising Collection,
The collection consists of a letter, booklet, and circular addressed to McCormick & Co. distributors in 1905. All three items address a change in advertising and/or updates on spice markets.
Menu Collection
The Menu Collection contains 118 menus from across the world. The bulk of the menus are from the United States and Europe. Most of the menus are from the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century, along with some menus dating earlier in the twentieth century. The menus contain a wide variety of cuisines. The collection also contains additional papers, including restaurant business cards, a recipe pamphlet, and exchange rate document from the Icelandic bank.
Military & Wartime Cookery Collection
The Military & Wartime Cookery Collection consists of a variety of manuscript and ephemeral materials relating to the history of military and wartime food and cooking. Items in the collection date from 1884 to 1965, though the bulk of the collection covers parts of World War I through World War II (1917-1945).
John M. Miller & Son Price List
The collection contains an 1886 price list for John M. Miller & Son, purveyors of confectionery, novelty boxes, Christmas goods, and fireworks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Minor/Harland Manuscript Recipe Book,
The collection, a manuscript cookbook, dates to the late 19th century and only some of the recipes are attributed. Attributees include Mrs. E. J. Minor, Marion Harland (cookbook/household management author), Dr. Louis W. Minor, "mother's recipe book"/my mother, Mrs. Venable, Mrs. Gen(?) Maury, and others.
Myers Bros. & Co. Trade Card,
The Myers Bros. and Co. Trade Card shows a Confederate soldier swapping tobacco with a Union soldier in exchange for a bag of coffee.