In honor of #NationalVanillaCupcakeDay here is the earliest extant documentation of the term cupcake (1828). bit.ly/2yPcRPK
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In honor of #NationalVanillaCupcakeDay here is the earliest extant documentation of the term cupcake (1828). bit.ly/2yPcRPK
I did a double take when I saw this title on the shelf!
Beautiful woodcut from a book in our collection. http://catalog.nyam.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=97909
We were featured on Atlas Obscura's "The Oldest Treasures from 12 Great Libraries" list! Read about the Apicius here: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/oldest-library-books-manuscripts-cuneiform...
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