Pittsburgh, PA: William G. Johnston Company, 1929. Staplebound wraps. 9 x 6 in. 47 pages. The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company. The purpose of the "Wear-Ever" New Method of Cooking is to cook foods without loss of natural flavors and valuable mineral elements. Advertisement for the "Wear-Ever" New Method Utensils. Includes..... More

Dayton, OH: Frigidaire Corporation, General Motors Corporation, 1932. Reprint. staplebound. 47 pages, 23 x 15.5 cm. With the company's formal crest emblazoned across the front cover, this corporate cookbook ushers you quickly back a time when your refridgerator was as much of a status symbol as your diamond earrings. The..... More

Syracuse University Press, 2000. Hardcover. 338 pages. 24 x 16 cm. The auther examines the development and history of the first American appliance - the cast-iron stove. While exploring the shift from fireplaces to stoves for cooking and heating in American homes, Brewer sheds light on changing responses to technology..... More

New York: Church & Dwight Co., 1924. Staplebound wraps. 28 pages. 14.5 x 9 cm. Facts worth knowing about Cow Brand Baking Soda as a proved medicinal agent. Includes remedies for acne, colic, hives, sunburn, tooth ache, etc. "He who cures a disease may be the skillfulest, but he that..... More

Paris: Chez Le Clerc, 1768. First Edition. Hardcover. [2], i-viii, 1-242, [4] pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. Engraved frontispiece titled "L' Art de bien faire les glaces" and two engraved plates of utensils. Elizabeth David's oval bookplate at verso of front cover. Annotated in pen (not David). Laid in: Three..... More

Le Roy, NY: G.F. Corp. 1934. Staplebound wraps. 21 pages, 14.5 x 10 cm. "Gayer Mealtimes with the New Jell-O" are advertised on the inside cover of this 1934 recipe collection. This was printed along with the redesign and reformulation of Jell-O in 1933. The book itself features many recipes..... More

Portsmouth, NH: Magee Ranges and Stoves, Glenwood Ranges and Stoves, Portsmouth Heating & Plumbing Co., 1893-1905. 10 invoices. This collection of invoices from three kitchen furnishing dealers, all in Portsmouth, NH around the turn of the 20th century, ranges in date from 1893-1905. They are billed to a number of..... More

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1987. 393 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. A comprehensive dictionary first to define terms from ALL aspects of the foodservice industry including: accounting, advertising, basic ingredients, basic preparation methods, computers, cost controls, foodservice equipment, management, marketing, menu development, nutrition, printing, safety, sanitation. Interior clean..... More

Orange, Massachusetts: Minute Tapioca Co., c. 1920. Staplebound. Unpaginated [13 pp.] 15.5 x 8 cm. An in depth and truly fascinating story of how Tapioca is made. From the fields in Java, this tuber known as "manioc", is harvested, ground, dried, shipped, processed, and packaged. Fully illustrated. Covers. soiled, spine..... 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

Evansville, IN: c. 1940. staplebound. 18 pages, 13 x 19 cm. This electric blue COLDSPOT advertisement booklet carefully lays out all of the amazing features of the their refrigeration product, including a shiny double-action door hinge and concealed lamp! It also describes the inner workings of the early home fridge..... More

New York: The Cuban-American Sugar Company, 1907. Staplebound wraps. 20 pages. 22.5 x 15.5 cm. Pre-revolutionary American-owned companies. Includes introduction, definition of terms, and extraction tables. Cover rubbed and chipped with some soiling. Library of Congress stamp and signature on verso of title page. More

NY: Waring Products Corp. 1947. Staplebound. 21 pages, 18 x 9.5 cm. An early recipe booklet for the Waring Blendor, an invention of Fred Osius - financed, completed, and advertised by Fred Waring, a famous entertainer at the time. Waring advertised through many different avenues, including a band titled "The..... More