Preserving on Paper - Seventeenth-Century Englishwomen''s Receipt Books

Preserving on Paper is a critical edition of three seventeenth-century receipt books-handwritten manuals that included a combination of culinary recipes, medical remedies, and household tips which documented the work of women at home.

List of contents

Historical Introduction
Note on the Text
Three Seventeenth-Century Receipt Books:
I. MS V.a.430
Receipt Book attributed to Mary Granville and Anne Granville D’Ewes
Translations of Spanish Recipes
II. MS V.a.20
Receipt Book attributed to Constance Hall
III. MS V.a.450
Cookery and Medical Receipt Book attributed to Lettice Pudsey
Culinary, Medical, and Household Terms Glossary
Works Cited

About the author

Edited by Kristine Kowalchuk

Summary

Preserving on Paper is a critical edition of three seventeenth-century receipt books-handwritten manuals that included a combination of culinary recipes, medical remedies, and household tips which documented the work of women at home.

Product details

• Authors: Kristine Kowalchuk
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781487520038
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-2003-8
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Studies in Book and Print Culture; Studies in Book and Print Cult; Studies in Book and Print Cult; Studies in Book and Print Culture
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories