![ORIGINAL ART] [BAKING] Reliable Flour Company; Reliable Measuring Cup pamphlets](/pictures/thumb/2218.jpg?v=1594138523)
c. 1910. Two individual (20 x 12.5 cm.) hand drawn mock-ups illustrations presumably for pamphlet cover art; done in pencil. One (20 x 12.5 cm.) color printers proof of pamphlet cover art, and Nine identical pamphlet - Reliable Measuring Cup - an offshoot of the reliable flour company. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 275 pages. 24.5 x 20 cm. Part memoir, part cookbook - the story of Sylvia Wood's amazing rags-to-riches life story. Born and raised on a small farm in Hemingway, South Carolina, she moved to New York City to make..... More
![FOOD HISTORY] Black Rice; The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas. Judith A. Carney](/pictures/thumb/2205.jpg?v=1591995106)
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001. Paperback. 240 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. A vivid interpretation of rice and slaves in the Atlantic World, Black Rice reveals how racism has shaped our historical memory and neglected a critical African contribution to the making of the Americas. The belief that Europeans first..... More
![HISTORIC FOODWAYS] Recipes For Respect; African American Meals and Meaning. Rafia Zafar](/pictures/thumb/2204.jpg?v=1591995105)
Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press, 2019. Hardcover. 137 pages. 23 x 16 cm. Beginning in the early nineteenth century and continuing nearly to the present day, African Americans have often been stereotyped as illiterate kitchen geniuses. Rafia Zafar addresses this error, highlighting the long history of accomplished African..... More
![MEMOIR] The Cooking Gene; A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South....](/pictures/thumb/2202.jpg?v=1591995103)
New York: Harper Collins/Amistad, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. 443 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Culinary historian Michael W. Twitty brings a fresh perspective to our most divisive cultural issue, race, in this illuminating memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture that traces his ancestry - both black and white -..... More
![HISTORIC FOODWAYS] African American Foodways; Explorations of History & Culture. Anne L. Bower](/pictures/thumb/2201.jpg?v=1591994715)
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2007. Paperback. 183 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Ranging from seventeenth-century West African fare to contemporary fusion dishes using soul food ingredients, the essays in this book provide an introduction to many aspects of African American foodways and an antidote to popular misconceptions..... More
![HISTORIC FOODWAYS] Hog & Hominy; Soul Food From Africa to America. Frederic Douglass Opie](/pictures/thumb/2200.jpg?v=1591994714)
New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. Hardcover. 238 pages. 23.5 x 16. Beginning with the Atlantic slave trade and concluding with the Black Power movement of the 1960's and 1970's, Frederick Douglass Opie composes a global history of African American foodways and the concept of soul itself, revealing soul food..... More
![HISTORIC FOODWAYS] Soul Food; The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine - One Plate at a Time....](/pictures/thumb/2199.jpg?v=1591994713)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. Paperback. 333 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Includes 22 Recipes. "This is the story of soul food. Down through history, African American cuisine has gone by several names since enslaved West Africans arrived in British North America: slave food, the..... More
![COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Tried and True; A Collection of Valuable Recipes. the Ladies of St. George's...](/pictures/thumb/2166.jpg?v=1589295835)
Brooklyn, NY: 1910. Hardcover. 48 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. Recipes furnished and attributed by church members. Chock-full of recipes of the period both sweet and savory, although cakes, puddings, and preserves rule the day. Gift inscription on front free end paper, Christmas, 1915. One page offset toning otherwise clean..... More
![BRITISH EMPIRE] [INDIA] Culinary Jottings - A Treatise in Thirty Chapters; on Reformed Cookery...](/pictures/thumb/2165.jpg?v=1588967112)
Madras: Higginbotham and Co., 1891. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. 608 pages. 20 x 13 cm. 'Wyvern' wrote about gastronomy for for the Madras Athenaeum and Daily News during his time in Madras as a Colonel in the India Army. With social changes stirring in India, the Colonel's directives furnished to local..... More
Boston: The Page Company, 1917. Third Impression. Hardcover. 268 pages. 19 x 13 cm. A charming work in narrative form beginning with a letter between sisters discussing the necessity for a sound background in the economy of housekeeping. Questions arise, between older and younger, less experienced sister, of where to..... More
London: Allen Lane, 1978. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 591 pages. 22.5 x 15 cm. Signed by David on title page. First edition, second printing. A comprehensive study with nearly half the book devoted to the history and origins of wheat, the technology of milling both before and after the Industrial Revolution..... More
Washington DC: The Brodix Publishing Co., 1889. Wraps. 12 pages. 42 x 28 cm. This charming periodical features six sheets of cooking instructions detailing: Fish-Soup; Meat; Sauces-salads; Vegetables; Pastry; Sweets and Preserves; and How to Make Bread. The binding style and large type set likely indicates that this publication was..... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1843 and 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. 196 & 154 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. The Complete Cook highlights the art of carving, accompanied by illustrations. The Complete Confectioner contains one page of illustrations, featuring modeling tools - last ten pages filled with period advertisements. Pages tanned..... More
![BAKING] [MANUFACTURING] The World's Finest Bakery Comes to New England; Wonder Bread Hostess...](/pictures/thumb/1031.jpg?v=1580762765)
The Continental Baking Company, 1964. Wraps. 19 pages. 10 x 21 cm. A booklet from The Continental Baking Company, showcasing a new factory in Natick, Massachusetts. The "bakery of the future" produces Wonder Bread and Hostess Cakes and provided fresh baked goods for the Boston area. Black and white photos..... More