Manuscript Mexican Cookbook, 1870-1900

Item — Volume: MX 3

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1870-1900

Language of Materials

Written in Mexican Spanish, variety not known

Extent

From the Collection: 10.50 Linear Feet

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

This collection tends towards desserts and European recipes. Croquettes, suspiros, budin mueganos, pasteles, turron de yemas, bunuelos. A typical Mexican upper class cookery book for the period. Undated. Written in one or two hands, 50 pages of recipes, one to a page.

Physical Description

Half bound in leather, red and white papers. Undated cookbook written in one or two hands in pen with a few pages in pencil One page loose, a few loosening, 50 pgs of recipes, mostly one recipe, mostly one recipe per page. Many blanks on the end. Pages are blue, and edges marbled. hand ruled in pencil.