Mistres Jean Brown, Her Paistry Book, 1724
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Colonial housewives used recipes handed down from mother to daughter by word of mouth. Women who could read and write might copy down their family recipes in manuscript cookbooks like this one.
Colonial housewives used recipes handed down from mother to daughter by word of mouth. Women who could read and write might copy down their family recipes in manuscript cookbooks like this one.
Artifact
Cookbook
Date Made
1724
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2002.0.61.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Ink
Technique
Handwriting
Bookbinding (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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