Bessie Leonard cookbook : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Leonard, Bessie, 1910-1911, compiler.

Contributor:

Malgieri, Nick, former owner.

Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home economics.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Cookbooks.

Recipes.

Manuscripts, American -- 20th century.

Manuscripts, English -- 20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Nick Malgieri.

Physical Description:

1 volume (102 pages) ; 28 x 23 cm

Production:

United States, 1910-1911.

Summary:

This volume contains 160 culinary recipes in addition to notes on the science of cooking and various cooking experiments. It was compiled by Bessie Leonard between 1910 and 1911 in the United States. This volume contains notes on the theory, practice, and science of specific areas of cooking and notes on experiments done on specific ingredients, including potatoes (p. 8-10) and eggs (p. 29-31). The volume begins with simple recipes, such as a recipe for tea that instructs the cook to pour boiling water over loose tea (p. 5) and gradually increases in difficulty throughout. The nature of the information and recipes in this volume indicates that it could have been created during the course of a cooking or home economics class. The volume begins with a statement on the theory and practice of cooking (p. 2), a table of weights, measures, and abbreviations (p. 2), and an explainer on cooking utensils and heating water (p. 3). The volume additionally includes notes on starches (p. 12), dairy and butter (p. 47), the science of freezing with salt (p. 68), and gelatin (p. 74). Examples of recipes in this volume include baked potatoes (p. 7), boiled rice (p. 17), eggs à la goldenrod (p. 32), cheese fondue (p. 43), pineapple fanchonettes (p. 52), cottage pie (p. 60), Mexican kisses (p. 65), beef stew (p. 81), Aunt Ett’s white cookies (p. 87), Mrs. Rundell’s orange pudding (p. 91), and crab apple catchup (p. 99).

Cited as:

Bessie Leonard Cookbook (Ms. Codex 2174). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1427153171

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