Charlotte, Michigan: Perry, Nies, & Company, 1909. Hardcover. 125 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Recipes attributed to members of the community. Abundance of local advertisements. Turn of the century gem, chock-filled with period recipes including: A Reliable Strawberry Short Cake, "Foods for the Gods" or Winter Pudding, Crisp Uncooked Pickles..... More

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1957. Hardcover. 902 pages. 22 x 15 cm. After the suicide of her husband in 1930, Irma Rombauer cobbled together a cookbook, illustrated by her daughter Marion. By 1936 the Bobbs-Merrill Company agreed to publish the expanded version, keeping the narrative style later known..... More

New York: The Bobby’s-Merrill Company Inc., 1953. Hardcover. 1013 pages. 22 x 14 cm. After the suicide of her husband in 1930, Irma Rombauer cobbled together a cookbook, illustrated by her daughter Marion. By 1936 the Bobbs-Merrill Company agreed to publish the expanded version, keeping the narrative style later known..... More

c.1890. 42 x 35 cm. George Ehret launched his brewery in 1866. The name of the brewery - George Ehret's Hells Gate Brewery - originated from the location of the manufacturing facility adjacent to the dangerous waterway in the East river which was called Hell's Gate at the time. As..... More

London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 148 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Chock full of wonderful recipes to be used for entertaining and every day meals. Each section of food is preceded by an illustration by Oliver Messel of that section’s foods forming a human-like figure offering up..... More

Leipzig: J.G. Bach, 1887-1930. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 18.5 x 13.5 cm.Translation: Illustrated Cooking Notebook for Good Housewives. Illustrated notebook filled with handwritten recipes - two separate hands. Dates indicate this was used between the years 1887 to 1930. Four separate handwritten recipes laid in along with a hand written letter in..... More

Boston: Dana Estes and Co., 1900. Revised Edition. Hardcover. One of the original instructors at the Boston Cooking School (1879), Parloa went on to become an influential teacher and writer, ultimately helping to create the curriculum for Home Economics that was widely adopted by public schools and colleges. Covering subjects..... More

Paxton, Ill: N. E. Stevens & Sons, PR. C. 1900. Staplebound wraps. 20 pages. 9 X 16 cm. Invented by Edward Atkinson in the late 1800's, this slow cooking apparatus used a kerosene lamp as fuel. Atkinson felt the amount of coal and wood used as a power source was..... More

Hartford, CT: Worthington, Dustin & Co., 1872. Hardcover. 66 pages. 20.5 x 14 cm. A charming example of recipes published by the committee to raise funds for the Christ Church Fair. In 1829, Christ Church became one of the first Gothic-style churches in the United States. It is modeled after..... More

Newport, RI: 1881. First Edition. Loose_leaf. An autograph of Idawalley Zorada Lewis (1842-1911), bearing the date Feb 12, 1881. Ida Lewis, an American heroine, born in Newport, RI, took over the duties of keeper of the Lime Rock Lighthouse in Newport Harbor, from her father after he suffered a major..... More

Franklin, NH: 1922. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 22 x 15.5 cm. Recipes attributed to members of the Franklin, New Hampshire Woman’s Club. Recipes include soups and salads, interesting entrees, and fun desserts. Two handwritten recipes - one on the front free end paper for Fruit Cake, and two others on the rear..... More

Washington DC: United States Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary, 1906. Circular No. 21. Staplebound. 20 pages, 14.5 x 23 cm. Following the collaboration of members of the Departments of the Treasury, Agriculture, and Commerce and Labor on this document, the Food and Drugs Act was released to the..... More