If we can believe the remark on the title page of this book, it was copied by F.K. on the 31st of May, 1786 (which is most likely the finishing date) and in ink, but with a different hand is a further remark that this is the 24th time that this book was copied. That it was not written by a cook, but copied by a homemaker not too versed in grammar and spelling, can be proven by the fact that a very large number of culinary terms, both those adapted from French and the original ones in German, are misspelled. In our opinion the book was written and copied most likely in Vienna, but definitely in Austria. Culinary terms like "shinken" Flecker (pasta with chopped ham) and "Faschiertes" (chopped steak meatloaf) show definite Austrian origin. The same dishes would not be called this in any part of Germany or Switzerland.

The chapters are marked with tabs and the book shows that it was used very carefully by people who knew its worth and significance. On eleven separate pieces of paper some two dozen recipes are laid in the book. A couple were written by the same hand as the book, but some are from much later dates, up until the first part of the 20th century. Most of them give the preparation of game birds which were in abundance in the 18th century, but are now extinct.