This recipe book, begun on June 18, [1843], contains approximately 190 pages of recipes, most of which are culinary. A few recipes are attributed. Some of the recipes appear on newspaper clippings pasted into the volume.
The recipes are organized by type (although some are out of category). The recipe groups are separated by blank pages. Cakes, pastries, and desserts appear on pages 1-48; preserves and pickles, including Indian Pudding and Orange Cordial, on pages 64-90; meats and soups, including mayonnaise, on pages 128-164; and miscellaneous household and medical recipes, including soap and curing lung fever in cows, on pages 170-174. The remainder of the notebook is blank.
Sarah Logan Fisher (May 18, 1806-December 26, 1891) was the daughter of William Logan Fisher and Mary Rodman of New Bedford, Massachusetts. On September 26, 1826, she married William Wister (February 2, 1803-November 10, 1891), the son of John Wister and Elizabeth Harvey of Philadelphia and Germantown, Pennsylvania. Sarah and William Wister had eight children.
This recipe book is part of the library's Sarah Logan Fisher Wister Collection. The catalog record contains a link to an expansive finding aid.
