Video Fridays: Manuscript Cookbooks
Courtesy of the New York Academy of Medicine Library
"A collection of choise receipts," manuscript cookbook, ca. 1680-1700.
On January 30, the New York Academy of Medicine hosted this year's Bibliography Week Lecture on manuscript cookbooks with speaker Stephen Schmidt, the principal researcher and writer for The Manuscript Cookbooks Survey and a co-creator of its website. In case you missed it--and want to try pickled pigeon or raisin wine!--the event is now available online:
