At first, an old cookbooklet might not seem like it would have much value to modern life and historians, but it does. This cookbooklet gives a great window into the past that can be used by historians and the like to understand this period further. One of the best ways to understand something is through experience, and while reading about things such as marketing strategies used by Robin Hood would be useful, actually seeing them in practice, and the way they were presented gives a new depth to the readers understanding. The more cookbooklets and other food ‘ephemera’ preserved gives more first-hand sources on what life was like, which is an essential part to understanding the past.

Aside from the research value, the actual cost of the cookbooklet when the library purchased it was $15.