San Antonio: The Naylor Company, 1946. Hardcover. 248 pages. 21 x 14 cm. A full selection of Creole and Southern cooking focusing primarily on recipes from New Orleans. Black and white photos illustrate major historical sites. Also includes special occasion menus. Covers lightly rubbed at edges, interior crisp and clean..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1939. Hardcover. 17.5 x 12 cm. 110 pages. Recipes for fresh water fish along with Heath's many references to Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler. Ambrose Heath was the pen name of the British journalist Gerald Miller (1891-1969), writing cookery columns for a number of newspapers..... More
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1956. McCrea, Ruth. First Edition. Hardcover. 61 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Delightful alphabet recipe book, each letter illustrated and with verse. Remarkable period graphics. Dust wrapper rubbed and chipped. Clean copy. In protective mylar cover. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Wallner, John. First Edition. Hardcover. 326 pages. 23.5 x 16.5 cm. Signed and inscribed on half title page. The French co-author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking - Julia Child's partner in crime, Beck adapts old French family specialties for the American palate..... More
New York: Greenberg, Publishers, Inc., 1925. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 169 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. A march down memory lane and a heroic endeavor - writing a book about New York Restaurants in the middle of prohibition. Chappell recalls the glory days of Gotham and furnishes his readers with tales..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. 372 pages. 17.5 x 12 cm. A rare treasure of culinary history and a primary reference source for Alan Davidson, award winning author of Oxford Companion to Food. Davidson notes: "Curiosities is in all probability the first attempt to write a general worldwide..... More
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Kennebunkport, ME: Cider Mill Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. 351 pages. 19 x 14 cm. Craft Cocktails from the city that never sleeps! More than 100 essential and exciting cocktail recipes. New variations of the classic Manhattan and Negroni. Histories of bars that built the cocktail scene and their legacies..... More
![AGRICULTURE] [HAWAII] The Kingdom That Grew Out Of A Little Boy's Garden. Marion Mason Hale](/pictures/thumb/2050.jpg?v=1576696077)
San Francisco: Hawaiian Pineapple Company, 1930. Fifth Printing. Staplebound. 55 pages. 15.5 x 9 cm. A folkloric account of James Drummond Dole's climb to become the "Pineapple King". Narrative takes the reader through the early days of planting, canning, and role in the company's success to pack and ship pineapple..... More
![TRADE CATALOG] [ST. LOUIS] The Granite Iron Ware Cook Book. St. Louis Stamping Co](/pictures/thumb/2049.jpg?v=1576089425)
St. Louis: St. Louis Stamping Co., 1887. Staplebound. 64 pages. 12.5 x 9 cm. A promotional cookbook featuring full page images (in black and white) of their products, with descriptions: Granite Iron Kitchen Goods (9 pp.), Granite Iron Toilet Articles (1 pp.), interspersed between recipes, both sweet and savory with..... More
London: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1891. Hardcover. 92 pages. 17.5 x 12 cm. A thorough listing of recipes including a wide array of unusual ingredients, notably calf's tongue, sweetbreads, pigeon, hare, lark, and snipes. Covers rubbed, interior clean. More
Philadelphia: Thomas Mills & Bros. c.1930. Stiff wraps. 203 pages. 26 x 17.5 cm. Established in 1864, Thomas Mills & Bros. manufacturers of Confectioners', Bakers', and Ice Cream Equipment. Order book profusely illustrated in black and white engravings including description of each item and price. Whether one was interested in..... More
![WINE] Bacchus on the Wing; A wine merchant's travelogue. Harry Waugh](/pictures/thumb/1314.jpg?v=1576596008)
London: Wine & Spirit Publications Ltd., 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 203 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Waugh was a revered and influential member of the British wine trade and an early champion of California wine. Presentation on front free end paper - "To Bob & bottie, From the first chance..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, Inc., 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. 295 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. "It seems to me," M.F.K. Fisher declares in the opening pages of The Gastronomical Me," "that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Hotline, Leonard. First Edition. Hardcover. [vii-xvii] 291 [8] pages. 21 x 15 cm. Owner's signature on front free end paper: "Lucy G. Allen, New York, Jan. 26, 1933." Born out of Dinners given after an outing of Skeet shooting (clay pigeons), The Gun Club..... More
![COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] [CONNECTICUT] Branford Cook Book 1914; November, 1914. Conn The Comfortable...](/pictures/thumb/2032.jpg?v=1570305441)
Guilford, Connecticut: The Shore Line Times Press, 1914. Staplebound. 90 [6] pages. 23 x 15 cm. Recipes attributed to members of the community. The First Congregational Church of Branford, Connecticut literally founded the town during the year of settlement in 1644. The Ladies Comfortable Society tried to meet the needs..... More
![COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] [WOMEN] [VIRGINIA] Virginia Cookery Book; Traditional Recipes. Virginia...](/pictures/thumb/2030.jpg?v=1570050376)
Richmond, Virginia: Virginia League of Women Voters, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. 192 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Recipes attributed to members of the community with local advertisements giving the reader a genuine feel for the community. The Virginia League of Women Voters (VLWV) was organized to succeed the Equal Suffrage..... More
![FOOD ART] [MANUSCRIPT] [ENTERTAINING] Lovely Food; A Cookery Notebook by Ruth Lowinsky with Table...](/pictures/thumb/2029.jpg?v=1569691126)
London: Random House Inc. and The Nonesuch Press, 1931. Lowinsky, Thomas. Hardcover. 127 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. Combining entertaining illustrations by Ruth's husband, Thomas Lowinsky, with menus and recipes along with practical lined blank space to record and remember the event. This copy was neatly utilized with an amusing..... More
![PLAYING CARDS] [CARVING] Of Carving, Cards & Cookery; or THE MODE OF CARVING AT THE TABLE....](/pictures/thumb/2020.jpg?v=1568919042)
Arcadia, Ca. Racoon Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 122 pages. 22 x 17 cm. Limited edition - #100 of 275. Illustrated with 53 tipped-in facsimile reproductions of the original playing cards. Authors used a pack of playing cards, originally designed and sold by Joseph & James Moxon, London 1676-7, that..... More
![FOOD CULTURE] Food Stories: The Silk Road. Keshav Anand, Nicole Coson](/pictures/thumb/2004.jpg?v=1568669106)
2018. Sewn binding. 33 pages. Tangentially exploring the influence of the Silk Road on contemporary cuisine and life, Food Stories touches on diverse aspects of the trade route's impact, spanning notions ofprvenance, personal perspectives, intersected histories, recipes, visual culture, and more. Contributors: Alex Paganelli (Chef, photographer, founder of Dead Hungry)..... More
Chicago: John F. Driscoll, 1933. First Edition. Staplebound. 63 pages. 15 x 10.5 cm. "How to prepare and mix all popular American Alcoholic Drinks commonly served according to the Accurate and Standard Methods used by Skilled and Experienced Bartenders throughout the U.S.A. previous to the enactment of the Prohibition Law."..... More
![Cookery-Manuscript] Connecticut](/pictures/thumb/2011.jpg?v=1576696356)
Hardcover. Unpaginated. 30 x 19 cm. 1850 inscription on free end paper. Alphabetical Index with pasted in recipes. This large format, ephemera filled manuscript is a look back at New England in the mid 1800's. One of the pasted in pieces is "Miss Parloa's series began this morning" - The..... More
![ICE CREAM] [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Frozen Dainties; Fifty Choice Receipts for Ice Creams, Frozen...](/pictures/thumb/2009.jpg?v=1577652612)
Nashua, N.H. The White Mountain Freezer Co., c. 1900. Staplebound. 32 pages. 15 x 11 cm. Recipes along with illustrations of the White Mountain hand crank freezer. Interesting recipes include Clam Cocktail Frappé. Covers rubbed. [BROWN 2043]. More
![COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Hygienic Society Recipes; Souvenir Edition With favorite Dishes of well-known...](/pictures/thumb/1990.jpg?v=1565740764)
Stamford: c. 1915. Cardboard covers. 22 x 15.5 cm. 14 envelopes, 1 two-sided cardboard-weight title page, with a Forward on the reverse. Envelopes contain printed recipes (8 X 15 cm.) attributed to local authors along with personally collected recipes and handwritten recipes. Envelope headings: Soups, Fish, Meats, Poultry, Meat and..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 171 pages. 21 x 14 cm. From the comedian and civil rights activist - an introduction to natural food written with an eye to good health and an ear for the witty line. Clean, crisp copy. More
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1959. McCrea, Ruth. First Edition. Hardcover. 60 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Remarkable period graphics. Crisp, clean interior, cover lightly soiled. More