Ladie Borlase's receiptes booke
By: edited by David E. Schoonover with the assistance of Jessica Renaud.
Contributors: Borlase, Ladie, 1621-1683.; Schoonover, David E.; Renaud, Jessica.
Series: The Iowa Szathmáry culinary arts series
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Cookery, English -- Early works to 1800
Description: "'Ladie Borlase's receiptes booke', the earliest dated English manorial and culinary manuscript in the University of Iowa's Szathmary Collection of Culinary Arts, has been in existence for at least 333 years. This manuscript, bearing dates from 1665 to 1822, provides a unique compendium of culinary history that opens a window to the aristocratic, social, agricultural, horticultural, economic, and medicinal aspects of English country life" - p.[1].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.