Looks to be a little IRISH cooking going on, by the name. Am I wrong?
The sketch like artwork with a wood cover is so appropriate for aged recipes, with all the appeal of a family kitchen, fresh produce and meats, and the family cow. 🤌
Very close. My husband told me a couple of times it was Scottish. I kept my birth surname after marriage mainly because I already had a full-blown career and hundreds of contacts who knew me by that name. Our son has his Father’s name, of course, and that’s the name on the book.
When contemplating the design, the image in my mind was “old-fashioned” or “traditional”, because most of the recipes are very old-fashioned. I think I am too. Your observation about the aged look of the cover and the content is perceptive and describes my mindset perfectly.
Aged recipes? The family cow? Yer making me hungry, here. My only recipe book is a picture of the first fat cow I killed. Probly when I was about 12. I think the pic is in one of the old family albums. One pic was enough. The cows have always looked the same since. Once you’ve hung, dressed, and skinned a cow it gets pretty obvious wot to do next. Not real sure what an Irishman does with a cow?