![Item #4992 [BAKING POWDER] Small Archive of Baking Powder Pamphlets; Ten Baking Powder Pamphlets](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4992.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1775145482)
1899-1935. Staplebound. Are you familiar with the "baking powder wars" that erupted in the late nineteenth century? During this period, baking powder had become a booming industry, with more than a hundred manufacturers competing nationwide. In their efforts to attract home cooks loyal to traditional methods and recipes, these companies..... More
![Item #4336 [CALIFORNIA] The Bride's Cook Book](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4336.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721078588)
San Francisco: The California Bride's Cook Book Publishing Co., 1912. Hardcover. 110 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. A well organized and expansive cook book filled with period advertisements. Companies paid to have their products highlighted in the recipes including Folger's Golden Gate Baking Powder, Tea, and Spices, as well as..... More
![Item #4708 [COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] 625 CHOICE RECIPES from the LADIES of the Second Cong. Church, of...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4708.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1761161576)
HOLYOKE, MASS: Transcript Publishing Company, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 108 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. Recipes attributed to church members. Recipes include: Fish Chowder, Escalloped Oysters, Dressing for Turkey, Cold Mutton, Saratoga Potatoes (potato chips), Fritters, Puddings, Connecticut Doughnuts, Molasses Candy, Hop Beer, Food for the Sick, etc. On page..... More
![Item #3828 [PERIODICAL] LE POT-AU-FEU; Journal de Cuisine Pratique et D'Économie Domestique](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3828.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1747060378)
Paris: 1910-1911. Hardcover. Full year, bound together in attractive binding. Issues 1-24, with index. 384 pages. 27 x 21 cm. Published in Paris from 1893-1956. This French biweekly cooking journal targeted young women who had "recently completed their education", as well as "bourgeois" housewives, and educational establishments in need of..... More
Paris: Louis Tenré/Patris et Cie, 1833, 1810. Fifth Edition/First Edition. Hardcover. 454 pages/116 pages. 21 x 13 cm. This volume is a rare and notable example of early 19th-century culinary literature offering unique insights into the development of French cooking and food preservation during the time of significant innovation in..... More
Tallahassee, Florida: Self Published, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 251 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. One of 2000 copies. A terrific book about the families who settled in Tallahassee, Florida over a hundred year period from 1824-1924. This book contains the account of the residents and the homes they built and..... More
New York: W.W. NORTON & COMPANY, 2014. Hardcover. 416 cm. 26 x 21 cm. Signed on dedication page by author: "HAPPY COCKTAILS and ENJOY the Book! - D" (with illustration). Arnold provides both professionals and cocktail enthusiasts a new method of making drinks, a problem-solving approach grounded in observation and..... More
New York: W.W. NORTON & COMPANY, 2014. Hardcover. 416 cm. 26 x 21 cm. Arnold provides both professionals and cocktail enthusiasts a new method of making drinks, a problem-solving approach grounded in observation and creative techniques. Years of rigorous experimentation and study - botched attempts and inspired solutions - have..... More
Paris: ERTI-LECERF, 1980. Hardcover. 816 pages. 28 x 22 cm. Presentation copy to the "Queen of the Mediterranean" - Paula Wolfert. "A Paula Wolfert, En toute sympathie, Jean Claude Frentz." This comprehensive French reference book focuses on the various professions related to food and culinary arts such as catering, cooking..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 211 pages. 24.5 x 15 cm. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed to Yogi Berra: "Dearest Yogi and Family - These 'Pots' will send the Ball over the Fence. With love - your ever-lovin' sister & Umpire, Pearl." Actress, singer, and born raconteur..... More
New York: CROWN PUBLISHERS, INC., 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 224 & 225 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Vol. I has two important book plates, that of Phil Townsend Hanna and Marcus Crahan. Both Hanna and Townsend were members of the Zamarano Club - both active in the same Los Angeles..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1990. Hardcover. 286 pages. 26 x 19 cm. Signed. Presentation copy: "To Joan with best wishes and enjoy cooking ... Buon Appetito, Lidia Bastianich." Lidia has assembled a collection of over 120 simple but sophisticated family recipes that is spiced with tidbits of history and the traditions..... More
Hong Kong: a ridge press book, 1960. Hardcover. 282 pages. 30 x 22 cm. A beautifully illustrated cookbook that explores every facet of outdoor cooking including pit roasting, grilling, spit cooking, skewer cooking, smoke cooking - along with drinks, appetizers, and picnic and party foods. Interior clean, boards lightly rubbed..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 625 pages. 24 x 16 cm. A cornucopia of wonderful dishes and imaginative variations, of old favorites and new creations for every mood and occasion. With over 1000 recipes, every single recipes has been either newly created or freshly reworked for..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 221 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. In Old Hungary the spirit with which a special dish is cooked is as important as its ingredients and measurements. This warm, flavorful cookbook is full of the zest for good food and wine..... More
San Francisco: Boothby's World Drinks Co., 1930. Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. 160 pages. 19 x 14 cm. Owner's stamp on verso of front cover: Richard K. Leonard. Contains an exhaustive list of recipes: absinthes, cobblers, cocktails, highballs, juleps, rickeys, fizzes, frappés, punches, sours, and toddies, Originally published as early as..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1960. Hardcover. 21 x 14 cm. 176 pages. Ruth Eleanor "Peg" Bracken was an American author of humorous books on cooking, housekeeping, etiquette and travel. During the 1960s and 1970s, Bracken's writing reassured women that they did not have to be perfect to have..... 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
![Item #4921 [COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Wellesley Cooking Treasures. Brooklyn Wellesley Club](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4921.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1772480739)
Brooklyn: c. 1962. Spiral bound. 146 pages. 22 x 14 cm. A community cookbook featuring recipes contributed by members of the Brooklyn Wellesley Club. The women represented here were an impressive group - many later became pioneering business leaders, lawyers, and educators. Proceeds from the volume supported the Wellesley College..... More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 336 pages. 23 x 16.5 cm. An acclaimed broadcast journalist, Burns has written a witty and comprehensive history of America's complex affair with drink. Burns relates that drinking was "the first national pastime," and shows how it shaped American politics and culture..... More
Palermo: Sellerio editore, 1977. Hardcover. 94 pages. 27.5 x 21 cm. The author explores the rich history and cultural significance of wine in Sicily. Butitta delves into the viticultural traditions, examining how they are intertwined with Sicilian identity, agriculture, and social practices. The book highlights various grape varieties, winemaking techniques..... More
London: JOHN RUSELL SMITH, 1847. Cardboard covers. 88 pages. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. The author offers a witty tour of the world's eating habits, from the austere fare of American Indians to the lavish tables of French cuisine. A spirited series of short vignettes on eating customs - blended with..... More
Jersey City, NJ: C.F. MUELLER CO, 1937. Staplebound. 28 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Christian Mueller, a German immigrant living in Jersey City, NJ, started Mueller's Macaroni Products in 1867 by selling his handmade egg noodles via a basket to local residents around town. In 1937, Mueller's published this recipe..... More
EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO, 1974. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. 151 pages. 22 x 15.5 cm. A classic collection of authentic Puerto Rican recipes. The authors generously acknowledge the island's culinary heritage as a synthesis of Indigenous, Spanish, and African influences. They point to the Borinquen Indians as the first..... More
San Francisco: Synergistic Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 72 pages. 28.5 x 22 cm. Introduced by M.F.K. Fisher. Clancy's reminiscence of Paris' Gare de Lyon, 24 line drawings plus photographed ephemera from the French train station. Crisp, clean copy. Lacking slip case. More