United Kingdom: Penguin, 1977. Cardboard covers. Complete set of 5 paperback books with illustrated slipcase. Light toning to paperbacks, slipcase lightly rubbed. More about The Penguin Elizabeth David Cookery Book Set; French Provincial Cooking, Italian Food,...
![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 about PLAYING CARDS] [CARVING] Of Carving, Cards & Cookery; or THE MODE OF CARVING AT THE TABLE
![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 about FOOD CULTURE] Food Stories: The Silk Road
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 about The Home Bartender; A Book with a Wealth of Information - Over 400 Recipes
![Cookery-Manuscript] Connecticut](/images/noimage.png)
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 about Cookery-Manuscript] Connecticut
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 about ICE CREAM] [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Frozen Dainties; Fifty Choice Receipts for Ice Creams, Frozen...
![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 about COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Hygienic Society Recipes; Souvenir Edition With favorite Dishes of well-known...
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 about Dick Gregory's Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat: Cookin' with Mother Nature
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 about Simple Italian Cookery; Decorations by Ruth McCrea
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. Crisp, clean copy. Owner's presentation on front free end paper. More about The ABC of Chafing Dish Cookery
![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 about NUTRITION] [HEALTH] Diet Lists of the Presbyterian Hospital; New York City
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 about Good Vegetables
London: Leslie Frewin, 1973. Second Edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 21.5 x 15 cm. A posthumous publication, Heath passed away while writing this book. A collection of menus with three courses and a wine pairing. For example, potted shrimps, Danish pork and cabbage, brandy chestnuts with Chianti. Brief recipes given for menu... More about A Menu for All Seasons; The last collection of menus by Ambrose Heath - doyen of English cookery...
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1920. Hardcover. 222 pages. 19 x 13 cm. "Three hundred recipes for every sort of candy that can be made in a home kitchen without special machinery". Bradley was a prolific cookbook writer and teacher/owner of Miss Farmer's School of Cookery. Clean copy, dust wrapper rubbed and chipped. More about The Candy Cook Book
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 355 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Signed, presentation by author on half title page. Prairie bounty translated into distinctive regional dishes. Warm and friendly notes from the author with helpful serving hints. More about The Best in Cookery in The Middle West; A Collection of Recipes as Sound as the U.S.A
Atlanta: Cullom & Ghertner, Co., 1948. Hardcover. 102 pages. 25.5 x 18.5 cm. Poems and recipes, some written in dialect. Author romanticized southern experience of African Americans. Illustrated throughout. More about The Kitchen and the Cotton Patch
New York: A Perigee Book, 2010. Hardcover. 296 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Acclaimed cocktail expert and historian David Wondrich takes readers on a raucous guided tour of all things Punch - a tour that starts with some very lonely British sailors and swells to include a cast of lords... More about PUNCH - The Delights (and Dangers) of the Flowing Bowl; An Anecdotal History of the Original...
New York: Avery, 2014. Paperback. 253 pages. 21 x 14 cm. In this lively and authoritative guide, Greene uses bright visuals, smart graphics, and a down-to-earth approach that both entertains and teaches readers to become their own whiskey experts. Including recipes for the delicious cocktails by some of today's most celebrated mixologists. Pristine. More about WHISK(E)Y DISTILLED; A Populist Guide to The Water of Life
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1975. First Edition. 158 pages. 29 x 22 cm. Inscribed by author on half title page. Kennedy shows the range of her imagination here with 80 recipes highlighting the Tortilla. Drawings by Sidonie Coryn. Bibliography included. Covered in protective mylar. Clean copy, wrappers price... More about The Tortilla Book
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 338 pages (plus index). 19 x 12 cm. Ellsworth suggests a lack of staff to run her household and being "utterly, crushingly bored" with shopping for food, inspired her to write this book. A fun read, with some classic recipes. The... More about Much Depends on Dinner
New York: Hastings House, 1943. Stahlhut, Henry. First Edition. Hardcover. 228 pages. 21 x 14 .5 cm. Writer and graphic artist, Samuel Chamberlain, wrote the Clementine column for Gourmet Magazine under the name Phineas Back, a nom de plume he based on a French term for a gourmand, bec fin... More about Clementine in the Kitchen; Vignettes by Henry Stahlhut
![COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Cook Book. The Woman's Guild - First Congregational Church](/pictures/thumb/1943.jpg?v=1561505637)
Abington, Massachusetts: Baker Printing Company, c. 1915. Staplebound. 48 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Recipes furnished and attributed by GUILD members. Filled with period local advertisements. Cover illustration of church. Pages toned, covers lightly soiled and chipped. More about COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Cook Book
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1938. King, Ruth. Hardcover. 399 pages. 22.5 x 16 cm. Combination prose, recipes, as well as nutritional advice. Chapter titles tell the story: "If You Can Read, You Can Cook - Soda Fountain Specials - Coed Parties, etc. Illustrated throughout. Boards rubbed at corners... More about It's Fun to Cook
c. 1910's. Hardcover. 85 pages. 16 x 12.5 cm. Cookbook with full page illustrations of company's other products as well. (Fly Screen, Potato Masher, Press & Strainer, MacQueen's Patent Shower Bath). "Introducing the Keystone Beaters - Ten Machines in One: cake-beater, churn, egg-beater, ice cream freezer, fruit-whip, light dough-kneader, cream-whip... More about The P. D. & Co. Keystone Cook Book
New York: Richard R. Smith Inc., 1930. First American Edition. Hardcover. 287 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. A bright first American Edition highlighted by the iconic art deco era artwork by Gilbert Rumbold. Prohibition-dodging Americans flocked to London's classic Savoy bar for the perfect deliverance from the dry land. American... More about The Savoy Cocktail Book