London: Faber and Faber, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 244 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Heath's last word on vegetables; a comprehensive book with simple recipes listed in alphabetical order by vegetable, from artichokes to waxpod beans. There is also advice on vegetable hors d' oevres, mixed vegetables dishes and vegetable..... More
![COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] [DETROIT] Choice Recipes. Ladies of Westminster Church](/pictures/thumb/2019.jpg?v=1568919039)
Detroit: Ralson-Stroup Printing Co., 1901. Sewn binding. 94 pages. 22 X 15 cm. Date on title page, December 10, 1901. Period recipes with local advertising. Stains throughout. Handmade covers with printed title, detached but present. America's Charitable Cooks, by Margaret Cook notes a copy held privately by Mr. Paul Fritzsche..... More
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1977. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 21.5 x 16 cm. Lewis celebrates the food from her small community of Freetown, Virginia - settled by freed slaves. With menus for the four seasons she shares the ways her family prepared and enjoyed food, savoring the delights of each..... More
New York: The Vendome Press, 1979. Hardcover. 155 pages. 22 x 16 cm. A sunny spot (in terms of the cocktail culture) during the dark ages of the 1970's. McNulty, a writer and world traveler, brings light to the subject of cocktails by writing in an almost memoir style about..... More
New York: Hurst & Company, 1908. Hardcover. Unpaginated, (90 pages) 18 x 13.5 cm. Originally titled "A Visit from St. Nicholas", which later became famous as "Twas the Night Before Christmas", was first recited by Moore as a poem for his own children on Christmas Eve 1822. Also includes ten..... More
![NUTRITION] [HEALTH] Diet Lists of the Presbyterian Hospital; New York City. NA](/pictures/thumb/1960.jpg?v=1564348342)
New York: 1919. Cloth. 87 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Presbyterian Hospital's recommended diet plans for each of many specified diseases or conditions. Includes specific foods, portion sizes, and day-by-day menus, as applicable. Handwritten index as well as handwritten menu planning. Stamped "PROPERTY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL HOUSE STAFF" on..... More
Baltimore: Bacchus, nd (1992). Facsimile edition. Hardcover. 407 pages. An attractively bound facsimile edition, printed on acid-free paper, of the 1833 first edition. One of 500 copies. Includes a detailed table table classing wines from France, Spain, Hungary, Germany, Sicily, Naples and South Africa with descriptions of their properties. [GABLER..... More
New York: Macauley Company, 1928. Hardcover. 190 pages. 22.5 x 18 cm. Songs and Ballads of Conviviality Collected from Curious Sources by Frank Gloriously Illuminated by John Held Jr. Interior crisp and clean, dust wrapper lightly rubbed. More
St. Louis: Southern Comfort Corporation, 1965. Pamphlet. Unpaginated (12 pages). Color illustrated drink pamphlet featuring Playboy Bunnies, the Playboy Club, and Southern Comfort. " From Top Barmen in exclusive clubs and famed restaurants comes these professional tips that make it easy for you to mix and serve great drinks..." Crisp..... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 253, [2] publisher's ads pp. Annotated collection of proverbs and folk sayings derived from every nation and culture. This volume contains 27 chapters. Some titles: Woman's Beauty, Woman's Tongue, Local Allusions to Women, Sister Legends, and many more. Light toning to spine..... More
Washington DC: McGill & Witherow, 1865. First Edition. Wraps. 16 pages. 16 x 24.5 cm. Post Civil War Thanksgiving Sermon: "The mountains shall bring peace to the people." - Psalm lxxii: 3. A rousing sermon given by Nicholas P. Tillinghast (1817-1869), an Episcopal clergyman and son of Joseph Leonard Tillinghast..... More
![COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Favorite Recipes; of the Women of Tippecanoe Presbyterian Church. Tippecanoe...](/pictures/thumb/1423.jpg?v=1550875095)
Milwaukee, Wis. 1949. Community cookbook, organized by the Tippecanue Presbyterian Church. Many recipes rely on canned and processed food, hugely popular during this era. Recipes include favorite baked goods, casseroles, and of course, chicken wiggle. Pages toned. More
Florence: Appresso i Giunti, 1569. First Edition. Hardcover. 89 pages. blank, [8] (last leaf blank except for printer's ornament on verso), 89, [4]. Woodcut printer's device on title page, large woodcut historiated initials. Important early discourse on the cultivation and preparation of olives with the discussion of the natural history..... More
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Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1943. Wraps. [title], [1] -117 pages. Copy belonging to Marguerite Chapman, who played Pamela, with her character's name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil. One of a number of comedies made during World War II that built around the "servant shortage" in the US..... More
Cleveland: The Wine and Food Society in Association with World Publishing, 1966. Hardcover. 516 pages. 26 x 21 x 5 cm. Forward by James Laver, and a chapter on Wine in America by John N. Hutchison. A detailed overview of the history of wine, including archaeological research, and scholarly history..... More