Elizabeth Moxon

Elizabeth Moxon was an English writer active in the mid-18th century, best known for English Housewifry, first published in Leeds around 1741. The book presented hundreds of recipes along with advice for household management, seasonal bills of fare, and instructions for laying out meals, making it both a cookbook and a practical guide for running a kitchen.

Very little is known about her life beyond her connection to Pontefract and her own claim of long experience in housewifery. Even so, her book sold widely and went through many editions, expanding from a Yorkshire publication to a broader London market.

Moxon is remembered as an important early voice in English culinary writing. Her work has been described as pioneering for the way it brought regional domestic knowledge into print and made it useful to a wide range of readers, from household mistresses to women servants.