Elizabeth Pettigrew's Book

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Manuscript Location
Michigan State University Libraries, Special Collections
Holding Library Call No.
codex MSS 203
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
216
Place of Origin
England
Date of Composition
1773
Description
This 250-page volume, dated October 29th, 1773, was compiled by Elizabeth Pettigrew. It contains about 75 recipes, the majority of which are culinary. There is an index with projecting tabs, an unusual feature for the time. Four pages show table settings where the writer has given each dish a punning name.