Recipes of Newfoundland Dishes is an important primary source because it contains, and elaborates on several traditional recipes that would not normally be considered by many who were not from Newfoundland. This is probably best exemplified by such dishes as “Fish and Brews”, “Seal Flipper Pie”, and “Newfoundland Boiled Dinner.” It also provides a window into the Learned Societies Meetings, how the meetings themselves highlighted the local venues, and how the venues, in this case the Memorial University of Newfoundland, pushed to promote themselves and their province. This would also imply that it was printed at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland in 1971, as stated on the stamp at the bottom of the back cover. The Learned Societies are “a term applied in Canada to the large group of scholarly organizations that hold conferences annually from late May to mid-June at a different university location each year.” In 1971, the Memorial University of Newfoundland was host to that year’s Learned Societies Meetings, meaning that the booklet was probably specially made for the event. Therefore, it only stands to reason that the cookbook’s primary purpose would be to showcase traditional Newfoundland dishes in a way that would be simple and appealing to the myriad of attendees. This is reinforced by the fact that several of the Newfoundland “staple” dishes, such as drawn butter, or the difference between Bake-Apples and baking apples, are mentioned and explained, even going into the detail of how to prepare them, despite their being considered essentials in Newfoundland society.