Consisting of recipes for preserves, wines, jellies, puddings, cakes, and medicinal recipes. Some recipes are attributed by name (Mrs. Carr, Lady Lockhart, Lady Wharton, Dr. Clifford, etc.).
Note
[6], 3-104, 107-112, 115-131, [132], 1-60, 73-76, 83-96, 107-110, 125-129, [130-140] p. Blank pages on first p. 99-100, 102-[132], and second 25-126; stubs between first p. 104 and 107, first p. 112 and 115, second p. 60 and 73, second p. 76 and 83, second p. 96 and 107, second p. 110 and 125. Includes index before first set of numbered pages and index after second set of numbered pages. Written in a late 17th century hand with additions in an early 18th century hand. Front flyleaf inscribed "Mary Hookes, 1680."
Publications about material
The housewife's rich cabinet : remedies, recipes, and helpful hints / Jean Miller, Francie Owens, Rachel Doggett ; with an introduction by Heloise. Washington, D.C. : Folger Shakespeare Library, 1997, p. 40. Fooles and Fricassees: Food in Shakespeare's England / edited by Mary Anne Caton, with an essay by Joan Thirsk. Washington, DC, 1999, p. 77.
Provenance
Formerly Folger MS Add 931.
Source of acquisition
Acquired through Hofmann & Freeman in March 1987, from Christie's December 3, 1986 sale, lot 357.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Housewife's Rich Cabinet: Remedies, Recipes, & Helpful Hints, curated by Rachel Doggett, Jean Miller, & Francie Owens, Folger Shakespeare Library, August 27, 1997-January 31, 1998. Exhibited: Fooles and Fricassees: Food in Shakespeare's England, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., September 10-December 30, 1999.
