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Cookbooks

 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
Scope Note: Use the singular form for Digital Object title. Collections of recipes in book form. For instructions listing ingredients and procedures to prepare something, especially food, see Recipes.

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Judith Fenner Barnard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-056
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1914 - 1974

Book for Receipts Recipe Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-024
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1731

"Cooking Recipes" Recipe Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-023
Abstract

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.

Dates: n.d.

Edith Luke Household Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-052
Abstract

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.

Dates: ca. 1890-1899

English Receipt and Home Remedy Manuscript Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-073
Abstract This collection contains a leather bound English receipt and home remedy book, dating 1665-1704. The book's contents include food recipes for various wines, desserts, and meals, as well as treatment for agues, pains, and various illnesses. Loose papers within the collection contain more recipes and a love poem. Several names inside the front cover, along with different handwritings, suggest the book may have at least two owners: "Madam White" and Mrs. Ashworth. A typed transcription of the...
Dates: 1665 - 1704

Hertford Receipt Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-027
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1800 - 1833

"Koch-Recepte" German Recipe Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-050
Abstract

The collection consists of a recipe book handwritten in German.

Dates: n.d.

Julia Loomis Manuscript Cookbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-019
Abstract

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.

Dates: undated

Manuscript Recipe Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-131
Abstract

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.

Dates: undated

"National Diary" Recipe Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-051
Abstract

The collection includes a daily diary containing handwritten and news-clipping recipes, possibly from 1914.

Dates: [1914?]