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Jean Armour

"The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy"

Period:
18th Century
Description:

This book, "The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy", belonged to Robert Burns' wife, Jean Armour and was used by her in the family's home in Burns Street, Dumfries.  She is recorded as describing Burns'  taste in food thus, "At all meals he had a book beside him on the table.  He was fond of plain things and hated tarts, pies and puddings."

 

Jean Armour Burns continued to live in the family home following the poet's death in 1796.  She remained there for the rest of her life and by the time of her own death in 1834, the house had become a place of pilgrimage.

Materials/Media:
paper
Dimensions:
length 205mm, width 135mm
Source:
Robert Burns House, Dumfries
Accession number:
DUMFM:0198.260
Digital Number:
BHBN005n
Creation Date:
1763 (first published)
Copyright:
Dumfries Burns Club