Cookbooks
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Judith Fenner Barnard Collection
This collection includes a memobook and journal owned by Judith Fenner Barnard (1896-1984), a teacher in Roadsville, Virginia, and Prince George County, Virginia. The memobook, dated July 1964, contains recipes, addresses, hospital records, and a seating arrangement for a dinner party. The journal, 1914-1972 includes journal entries about the Barnard family's lives and handwritten recipes.
Book for Receipts
Recipe Book
The collection consists of a recipe book titled Book for Receipts
written in England in 1731 by at least two authors--names unknown. Recipes focus largely on delicacies, not on staple meals, and home remedies.
"Cooking Recipes" Recipe Book
This collection includes a recipe book containing hand-written recipes for soups, salads, puddings, cookies, cakes, icings, and biscuits. The date, location, and full author name remain unknown.
Edith Luke Household Ledger
This collection includes a household ledger from the estate of Edith Luke(?). A note on the inside cover reads "Geo. Parker my father." The notebook contains multiple ledgers, handwritten and clipped recipes, household accounts, and prayers. The notebook contains a number of different handwritings, so it may have been used by a variety of family members.
English Receipt and Home Remedy Manuscript Book
Hertford Receipt Book
This collection consist of a handwritten book from Hertford, England, containing recipes for home remedies, household items, rat poison, cakes, breads, meats, stews, beverages (ales), and more.
"Koch-Recepte" German Recipe Book
The collection consists of a recipe book handwritten in German.
Julia Loomis Manuscript Cookbook
This collection contains a manuscript cookbook that belonged to Julia Loomis. The cookbook contains a collection of recipies for cakes, baked goods, salads, and staples like yeast. This cookbook may have been created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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.
"National Diary" Recipe Book
The collection includes a daily diary containing handwritten and news-clipping recipes, possibly from 1914.