New York: G.W. Dillingham, 1890. Stiff boards. 6 x 5 in. 80 pages. Chafing dish recipes with black and white illustrations throughout. Compliments of the Meriden Britannia Co., Manufacturers of gold and silver plate. Advertisement/trade catalog for the gold and silver plate as well as spoons, forks, and knives. Owners... More about On The Chafing Dish; A Word For Sunday Night Teas
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1957. 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. Interior clean and crisp. Dust wrapper lightly rubbed. Covered in protective mylar. More about The ABC of Barbecue; Decorations by Ruth McCrea
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1961. 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 chipped. Interior clean. More about The ABC of Jiffy Cookery; Decorations by Ruth McCrea
London: Faber and Faber, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 228 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Following the lead of Escoffier, Heath leads with a 'Mother' sauce but provides the blueprint to assemble any sauce, butter, or marinade one could imagine. Dedication page to André Simon, President of the Wine and Food... More about The Book of Sauces
New York: Armour and Company, 1913. Staplebound. 13 x 8 cm. Includes color illustrations and recipes using Armour's Simon Pure Leaf Lard. Leaf lard is the soft (high grade) fat from the loins of a pig, which allowed Armour to advertise their product as "absolutely pure and vastly richer than... More about Pastry Wrinkles