The recipe book is undated and includes mostly handwritten recipes. Additionally, there are loose pages of printed and handwritten recipes, a page of verses, and a pattern with notes for knitting a baby sweater, the only non-cooking item in the book. (Please note that for preservation purposes, the pages have been removed from the binder.)

Several of the recipes near the front of the book are German dishes for which ingredient lists and instructions are written in English. Other recipes are for various types of cake, novelty breads, jellies and marmalade, pies, scalloped oysters, soups, stuffed eggs, and pickled peaches.