
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Elizabeth Moxon's influential cookbook known as 'English Housewifery' and first published in 1741 was sold by the author near this place Recorded plaque organisation: Forgotten Women of Wakefield, Pontefract Civic Society.
Elizabeth Moxon authored "English Housewifery," a seminal cookbook first published in 1741, which significantly influenced domestic cooking practices in 18th-century England.
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