Honolulu, Hawaii: 1927-1928. 105 pages of handwritten notes. As the US Navy was working to build up the Naval Station at Pearl Harbor, personnel along with their families carved out a life in the area. This dairy/day book gives us a glimpse into the daily lives of these families. Our..... More

London: Typis Gulielmi Bowyer, 1705. Hardcover. 231 pages. A collection of recipes by various authors compiled over several centuries with roots in both Greek and Roman cuisine. Notaker states, unlike other bibliographies, "the recipes have wrongly been attributed to the 5th century Roman gourmand, Marcus Gavius Apicius, of whom many..... More

Montreal: Couvent de la Congrégation de Notre-Dame, 1857. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 20.5 x 26 cm. A handwritten and unique book of examples used to teach a sewing class at the Convent of the Congregation of Notre-Dame in Montreal, Quebec. Instructed by sister Louise Rogers, this book includes examples of stitches, sewn..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Shapiro, Anna. First Edition. Hardcover. 193 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Home Cooking is a treasury of culinary memories, recipes, tips, and stories; a literary investigation - often hilarious, always informative - of what and how and why we eat. Laurie Colwin, a novelist..... More

Jeffersonville, NY: THE LADIES' GUILD OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF JEFFERSON, 1916. Hardcover. 80 pages. 20 x 13 cm. A charming cookbook including eight handwritten recipes in Danish and five handwritten recipes, in the same handwriting, in English. An interesting example of an immigrant's experience assimilating into a new..... More

New York: THE CITADEL PRESS, 1957. First American Edition. Hardcover. 192 pages. 19 x 13 cm. An in-depth cookbook featuring everything from the basics that form the principals that hold up these extraordinary recipes to rice recipes, chicken and meat recipes, egg and fish recipes, vegetable dishes, bread varieties, milk-curd..... More

c. early 1980's. Hardcover. 70 pages. 23 x 18 cm. The first nineteen pages are filled with handwriting in cursive - incredibly neat, precise recipes such as tarts, oatmeal cookies, puddings, with some savory dishes sprinkled in. After the first nineteen pages, there are blank pages until a two page..... More

New York: Drake Publishers Inc., 1972. Hardcover. 256 pages. 23.5 x 17 cm. Covering the drinking patterns of EVERY major nation around the world - with fascinating tidbits that inform the reader such as - the minimum drinking age in Russia, the identity of the U.S.A. city that debars you..... More

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 461 pages. 24.5 x 16.5 cm. The Digbys have brought together a wealth of writings inspired by, among other things, the bouquet of a fine wine, the headiness of a sweet liqueur, the body of the best ale on..... More

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1920. Hardcover. 415 pages. 26 x 20 cm. “This little manual is the outcome of six summers’ work under the encouragement of the lace director of the Metropolitan Museum… [after] the suggestion arose that a comparative, indexed sampler of bobbin lace grounds and fillings..... More

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1970. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 111 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. A guide from artist Gloria Vanderbilt on collage vernacular, tutorials, and styles of collages, as well as examples of her own works. A helpful guide to the medium as well as an intriguing..... More

Palo Alto, CA: United States of America Copy Factory, 2020. Paperback. 25 pages. 22 x 14 cm. A collection from a poet who used the walk from her home to the local bakery to stay sane during the thick of Covid as well as enjoy delicious treats. These poems are..... More

Providence RI: Rollinson & Hey, c. 1920. Sewn binding. 36 pages. 21 x 15 cm. A community cook book from members of the All Saints’ Memorial Church of Providence, Rhode Island. “The turnpike road to people’s hearts, I find Lies through their mouths, or I mistake mankind.” Contains a variety..... More