Recipe Book from the Time of U. S. President Zachary Taylor

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[Library Title: Recipe book]
Manuscript Location
University of Michigan Special Collections Library, Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive
Holding Library Call No.
Cookery MS 7
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
356
Place of Origin
United States
Date of Composition
ca. 1848
Description
This family manuscript cookbook contains approximately 120 recipes, primarily for baked goods and desserts. It also includes some medical remedies. The book was not dated by its compiler, but the reverse of a pinned-in recipe clipping references the 1848 candidacy of Zachary Taylor for United States president.