Mrs. Charles W. Devitt and Mrs. M. Lex Recipe Book

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[Library Title: Recipe book, [ca. 1871]]
Manuscript Location
Winterthur Library, Quaker and Special Collections
Holding Library Call No.
Doc. 324
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
566
Place of Origin
United States ➔ Pennsylvania ➔ Philadelphia
Date of Composition
ca. 1871
Description
This 27-page volume contains handwritten and clipped recipes for cakes, gingerbread, puddings, wines, gelatin, chicken salad, Russian cream, terrapins, blackberry syrup, lavender water, waffles, lemon sauce, braised apples, popovers, and chocolate loaf, among other foods. Mrs. Charles W. Devitt, a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. M. Lex both contributed recipes to this volume. Mrs. Lex's name is written on the front page, followed by "Profeser in the art of Cooking, under instruction Phoebe Lex, Dutchy Wagner, Magie Eduards." The recipes are indexed in a database available at the library.