This is an interim report on a set of cookbooks or etiquette books donated to the University of Maryland by the Tilghman family in 2009. Reading and transcription of these documents was made possible through permission of the Tilghman family and a grant from IMPART (Institute for Museum, Preservation, and Archaeology Research and Training) in 2010. The original documents and the digital scans are retained by the University of Maryland Special Collections, housed by the Archives and Manuscript Department at the Hornbake Library in College Park.