Place of Origin

United States

Date of Composition

1839

Description

This recipe book is written in a leather-bound volume gilt-stamped with the name "Sarah K. Smith" and is inscribed "Sarah K. Smith 1839." The book contains medical, household, and culinary recipes, arranged alphabetically. Among the culinary recipes are blackberry wine, Charlotte Russe, head cheese, isinglass jelly, macaroons, sweet pickled peaches, and yeast.