Ladie Borlase's receiptes booke', the earliest dated English manorial and culinary manuscript in the University of Iowa's Szathmary Collection of Culinary Arts, has been in existence for at least 333 years. This manuscript, bearing dates from 1665 to 1822, provides a unique compendium of culinary history that opens a window to the aristocratic, social, agricultural, horticultural, economic, and medicinal aspects of English country life. -- Provided by publisher.