From Le Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine: 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 282 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. The Dictionary of Cuisine often attributed to Alexandre Dumas, is a culinary work that combines definitions, anecdotes, and insights about various aspects of food and cooking. Here are some key features of the book..... More
New York: DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, 1981. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 256 pages. During the Victorian era, travel offered a freedom that few women enjoyed at home. These first-person narratives give us a glimpse into some of the adventures that were pursued. Boards, interior, and dust wrapper crisp..... More
New York: Angostura-Wuppermann Corp. c.1939. Staplebound. 63 pages. 12 x 6.5 cm. Stamped with MAURICE'S LIQUOR DEPT., DEARBORN, MI. Published and distributed in the interest of standardization. Full description of aromatic bitters, cost charts, price charts and professional recipes. Includes the history of the inventor fo Angostura Bitters, Dr. J.G.B...... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. Hardcover. 1112 pages. 18 x 12 cm. Over one hundred years after the first edition of Beeton's Book of Household Management was first published, this first facsimile copy brought this classic cookbook back into American homes. Mrs. Beeton's advice to 'the Mistress', for..... More
From Le Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine: 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 282 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. The Dictionary of Cuisine often attributed to Alexandre Dumas, is a culinary work that combines definitions, anecdotes, and insights about various aspects of food and cooking. Here are some key features of the book..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. 186 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Introduction by Ogden Nash and Decorations by Florence Olmstead. Recipes from Mrs. Haversham's Cooking School - Colonial Kitchens, located (at the time) in the basement of the house belonging to the Georgia Society of Colonial..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. 186 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Introduction by Ogden Nash and Decorations by Florence Olmstead. Toni Tipton-Martin scrutinized this book in her publication The Jemima CODE - Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks noting the author "made her confused prejudices known..... More
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British Columbia: Louise Framst Books, 1995 & 1996. Hardcover. Vol. 1 - 111 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Vol. 2: 111 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Recipes attributed to community members. The Tahltan are an Indigenous people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group located in northern British Columbia, Canada, around the..... More
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Greenwich, CT: The United Workers of Greenwich, Connecticut, 1910. Hardcover. 276 pp, 13pp 23 x 15 cm. Emerging from the Greenwich Aid Society (formed 1895), the United Workers of Greenwich was established to address social needs in the area during a period of rapid development and increased labor activity at..... More
Chicago: Self Published, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 203 pages. 21.4 x 14.5 cm. Originating from the Marco liquor retail store in Chicago, this scarce combination of cocktail/cookbook is handsomely illustrated throughout with classic advertisements from the period. Frontispiece displays a black and white photo of Abe Marco along with a...... More
New York: RINEHART & COMPANY, INC., 1949. Hardcover. 1012 pages. 21 x 14 cm. There is a certain kind of cookbook that quietly tells stories within its pages—and this is one of them. This 1949 edition of The Good Housekeeping Cook Book once belonged to Ceil Lark, who used it..... More
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1994. Hardcover. 215 pages. 26 x 22.5 cm. In 1988, Sun & Moon Publisher Douglas Messerli began requesting recipes from major world authors. The recipes he received were as diverse as the writing styles, including: Vaclav Havel, John Cage,and Carl Rakosi. Illustrated throughout. Crisp..... More
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New York: THE NEW YORK CITY WOMEN'S COUNCIL OF THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE U.S., 1942. Cover Design: Ernest Koenig. First Edition. Staplebound. 79 pages. 23 x 15 .5 cm. This community cookbook brings together recipes contributed by local residents alongside those from notable establishments such as the New York..... More
London: GRANT RICHARDS, 1903. Hardcover. 240 pages. 17.5 x 12 cm. Elizabeth David's oval bookplate at verso of front cover. Annotated in pencil. A comprehensive guide addressing the challenges of finding quality restaurants outside of hotels, offering detailed recommendations on where to dine, local specialties, and what to expect in..... More
The Plains, Virginia: Vinifera Wine Growers Association, 1976. Paperback. 192 pages. 25 x 18 cm. Reproduction of Jefferson's observations of wine growing in Europe, and describes his efforts to develop a grape industry in this country. Cover soiled, interior clean. More
Dallas, Texas: R.C. Dyer & Company, c.1929. Second Edition. Hardcover. 264 [10 pp.] pages. Early edition of the Junior League of Dallas Cook Book. Before the Great Depression, this League focused their attention on the operation of the Junior League Home for Convalescent Children - with the proceeds of this..... More