Cookbook of Alice Townsend, 1826

Scope and Contents The collection consists of a handwritten cookbook containing recipes (including puddings, cakes, jam, gingerbread, vegetables and various meats); housekeeping advice (including for getting rid of bed bugs and cleaning marble); and home remedies for all sorts of ailments (including sprained limbs, digestive complaints, colds, sore throats, removing substances from the nose, and several remedies for cholera). The cookbook also includes an essay on Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord by...