Cookery and medical recipes; one is a royal favorite: "To make another Bisket, whereof King James, and his Queene have eaten with much liking" (p. 20). A few recipes were added in the eighteenth century. Three lists of contents for the earlier part of the book--for preserves and conserves, cookery, and medicine--follow p. 48. Also another collection of recipes tipped in. Sketch of head on p. 83
Notes
General notes
[6], 48, [38] p. and [12] p. (in folder)
Also available in digital reproduction
Westbury MS
Formerly Folger MS Add 444
Paper gilt edged. Vellum binding with remains of ties
Publications
Infinite variety : exploring the Folger Shakespeare Library / edited by Esther Ferington. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, c2002, p. 120-121
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1999. Fooles and Fricassees (catalog p. 41)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2011. Beyond Home Remedy
Also known as
Extended title: Receipt book of Sarah Longe ca. 1610
Alternate titles: Mrs. Sarah Longe her receipt booke
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