Tibbott was an assistant keeper at the Department of Oral Traditions and Dialects at St Fagans National Museum of History.

By collecting such recordings Tibbott helped the museum to build an archive of oral recollections of traditional Welsh life.

The book is based on oral evidence collected by Tibbott from speakers throughout Wales who supplied information concerning traditional Welsh cuisine.

The recipes include those for dishes commonly eaten at the turn of the twentieth century and based on information provided by people who had used them over many years.

In 'Laundering in the Welsh Home', Tibbott wrote about the time before washing machines, when laundry was a major domestic task.

[5] Tibbot contributed to scholarly journals such as Folk Life, where in 1981 she published her article on Laundering in the Welsh Home.

[6] Tibbott also published in Welsh, including a book on kitchen terminology: Geirfa'r gegin: Casgliad o dermau yn ymwneud â pharatoi a choginio bwyd.