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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], "Cooking Recipes" Recipe Book, Ms2008-024, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The "Cooking Recipes" Recipe Book was purchased by Special Collections in 2005.
This item has been digitized and is available online.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the "Cooking Recipes" Recipe Book commenced and was completed in May 2008.
Due to the lack of provided surnames, no biographical information exists on the recipe book's bestower, "Helena," or its receiver, "Girlie."
"Cooking Recipes" is a book filled with hand-written recipes. A hand-painted image of a girl with a duck adorns the cover of "Cooking Recipes." Within the book's pages exist a variety of recipes for soups, salads, puddings, cookies, cakes, icings, and biscuits. A personal note from "Helena" precedes the recipes. In this note, "Helena" thanks the unknown receiver, "Girlie," for participating in her wedding. "Helena" also reinforces the notion that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
No information exists on the recipe book's time period or the geographic location from which it was produced. From the book's appearance, one can surmise that it dates from around the 1930s.
The collection is arranged by material type.
The guide to the "Cooking Recipes" Recipe Book by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).