London: George G. Harrap and Company, Ltd., 1918. Hardcover. 270 pages. 23.5 x 17.5 cm. Following on the fun adventures of Mary Frances' and the Kitchen People, and the Thimble People, the Garden People, the Doll Family and the Brave Family we find our friend with a book full of..... More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 175 pages. 24 x 17 cm. An adventurous book within a book. Young Mary Frances is enchanted by her friends, the Kitchen People, who explain the mysterious secrets of the kitchen. Lovely anthropomorphic kitchen utensils bring the reader along for..... More
Madras: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 215 pages. Presentation copy - Signed by the author on the half title page. Black and white photo of the author pasted in on the rear of the frontispiece - also, a New York Times article from May 21, 1944, taped to..... More
Paris: S. Bornemann, nd c.1920. Sewn binding. 248 pages. 19 x 12 cm. 1000 BEST RECIPES OF BOURGEOIS PASTRY. The various utensils and essential accessories for the bourgeois pastry - various kinds of pasta; clarification and cooking of sugar; icing for entremets, cakes, petit fours; 1000 recipes for sweet omelettes..... More
Paris: S. Bornemann, nd c. 1920. Paperback. 248 pages. 19 x 12 cm. 1000 BEST RECIPES OF BOURGEOIS PASTRY. The various utensils and essential accessories for the bourgeois pastry - various kinds of pasta; clarification and cooking of sugar; icing for entremets, cakes, petit fours; 1000 recipes for sweet omelettes..... 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
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Lowell, MA: C.I. Hood & Co., 1885. Staplebound. 31 pages. 18 x 12.5 The High-Street Cook Book was originally prepared and published by the ladies of High-Street Congregational Church, Lowell, Mass., for the purpose of being sold at their Annual Fair. This edition, published by the proprietors of Hood's Sarsaparilla..... More
Manchester: Abel Haywood & Son, 1903. First Edition. Board_book. 96 pages. 15 x 13 cm. A Manual for every-day use, being a Handy Guide for the Progressive Baker and Confectioner. Author of "The Bread and Biscuit Baker" and "The New System of Making Bread". The Author, Robert Wells was himself..... More
New York: PHAIDON, 2011. Hardcover. 383 pages. From elBulli to your kitchen - The Family Meal. What is the family meal? the family meal is the dinner eaten every day by the 75 members of staff at elBulli restaurant. Working in restaurants, the staff becomes a family of sorts, and..... More
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London: SPRING BOOKS, 1965. Hardcover. 449 pages. The author notes that much of the materiel came from the late J.G. Fennell and largly augmented by J.F.D. Dedicated to the Brewers of the United Kingdom and all who value Honest Malt Liquor. "Since the dawn of our history Barley-wine has been..... More
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New York: ATHENEUM, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 486 pages. Waverley Root (1903-1982), a news correspondent, who turned essays on food and its history into an art form, brings to life then rich culinary history of Italy in this extensive and voluminous text. Root traveled to the most remote regions of..... More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 92 pages. 24 x 16 cm. A rich selection of original Elizabethan recipes, each reproduced in its original form and then transcribed for modern use. Richly illustrated. Interior and boards crisp and clean, dust wrapper lightly toned. More
San Francisco: Synergistic Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 72 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. Limited edition #147 of 250 copies, front free end paper - signed on laid down printed paper by Judith Clancy & MFK Fisher. Introduced by M.F.K. Fisher. Clancy's reminiscence of Paris' Gare de Lyon, 24 line..... More
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London: Field & Tuer, 1886. Hardcover. 449 pages. The author notes that much of the materiel came from the late J.G. Fennell and largly augmented by J.F.D. Dedicated to the Brewers of the United Kingdom and all who value Honest Malt Liquor. "Since the dawn of our history Barley-wine has..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. Third Edition. Hardcover. 471 Pages. 27 x 18 cm. "First published in 1825, Brillat-Savarin's La Physiologie du gout ou meditations de gastronomie transcendate, but no American translation that indicated a grasp of gastronomy as well as a mastery of the French language and a...... More
London: Bloomsbury, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 528 pages. This hefty tome is part Cookbook mixed in with a huge portion of artistry along with a colossal sense of aspiration. Harold McGee, the renown food historian declares: "At first glance it looks right. It calls itself a cookbook, bears the names..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Young, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 282 pages. 26 x 19 cm. An elegant, informative composition devoted to the history and practice of drinking in America. Chapters include: Taverns, Tankards and Tallow; The Best-Cellar Book on Wines; A Quicker Liquor Curriculum on Spirits and..... More
New York: Random House, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 312 pages. Signed by Waters on Half Title Page. Xeroxed "Menus for the Week - August 3-7, 1982" laid in. In this spectacular menu cookbook, Alice Waters assembles 120 of Chez Panisse's inspired transformations of classic French dishes - compiled from the..... More
New York: Harper & Row, publishers, 1984. Rose, Sir Francis. Hardcover. 288 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. 30th anniversary reprint edition featuring a nine page forward by M.F.K. Fisher. Born is San Francisco in 1877, Toklas made her way to France after the 1906 Earthquake. Toklas arrived in Paris in..... More
London: Albion Press: Printed for J. And J. Cundee, Ivy-Lane, 1811. Third Edition. Hardcover. Practical Instructions for preparing SOUPS, BROTHS, GRAVIES, SAUCES, AND MADE DISHES; and for DRESSING FISH, VENISON, HARES, BUTCHERS' MEAT, POULTRY, GAME, &c. IN ALL THEIR VARIETIES. With the respective branches of PASTRY AND CONFECTIONARY, The Art..... More
Philadelphia: 1832. Third Edition. Hardcover. I468 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Illustrated by numerous Engravings. A "How To" book containing everything from Natural History, The Mechanical Arts, Preservation of Health, Agriculture, Breeding various Livestock, The Art of Gardening, and much more. A great book for anyone starting a farm, even..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1974. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. 433 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. Olney was considered a culinary genius for his ability to elevate cooking to a practical art. Originally trained in the visual arts (Drawings in the book by Olney), the author became the master of Provençale..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Coryn, Sidonie. Hardcover. 726 pages. 24 x 16 cm. The still masterful and continually popular cookbook from the French Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle and the American Julia Child. Featuring 524 delicious recipes and over 100 instructive illustrations to guide readers every step of..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 261 Pages. 22 x 15 cm. Laid in: Black and white 1981 Annie Leibovitz photo of Fisher and her cat. "This photograph may be used or reproduced only in connection with a review of the Knopf edition of AS THEY WERE..... More
New York: BLOOMSBURY, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 274 pages. Bourdain crisscrosses the world sampling local delicacies from the sublime to the bizarre - touching every corner of the globe. Throughout his travels, Bourdain discovers again the importance of community, of kinship, and the power of food to bring people together..... More