![BAKING POWDER] Royal Cook Book](/pictures/thumb/2421.jpg?v=1617044775)
Standard Brands Incorporated, 1937. Staplebound. 64 pages. At this stage in the "Baking Powder Wars" Royal was touting their connection to the ingredient - Cream of Tartar - which they claim is extraced from "Pure Fruit". Recipes focus on biscuits, cakes, cookies, pies, puddings, with one chapter on savory items..... More
![CHEESE] [MANUSCRIPT] [VERMONT] Vermont Cheese Company; Account Book](/pictures/thumb/1247.jpg?v=1550699164)
Wells, VT: 1871-1873. Leather bound. 72 pages written, 62 blank. 15.5 x 10 cm. Leather notebook with flap and pocket, property of R.M.(W?) Lewis, Wells, VT. Handwritten notebook with 16 additional daily accounts using "Lake Austin Woolen Mill" letterhead for this cheese factories daily tally. Ledger describes what seems to..... More
![FOOD HISTORY] [EXPOSITION] [NEW YORK] United States Food Exposition; Official Catalog - Madison...](/pictures/thumb/508.jpg?v=1616167743)
New York: John C. Rankin Company, 1892. Wraps. 64 pages. 24.5 x 21 cm.Official Catalogue for the United States Food Exposition, in commemoration of the discovery of America (1492), at Madison Square Garden, from October 1st to the 27th. Under the auspices of the Food Manufacturers Association. Full page black-and-white..... More
![MARRIAGE] [COMMUNITY] Pull Together; Do More For Others Than You Expect Others To Do For You](/pictures/thumb/948.jpg?v=1562179817)
Tacoma, WA: c. 1920. Wraps. 132 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Handbook for Newlyweds including recipes, household and medical advice, personal health, and life lessons. Filled with full page ads for local advertisements suggesting martial bliss. Covers rubbed, interior clean. More
![MENU] The Bass Rock; F. H. Nunns, Proprietor - Season of 1887](/pictures/thumb/2437.jpg?v=1612990451)
Gloucester, Massachusetts: 1887. Cards. 15 x 12.5 cm. Decorative folding menu with an elaborate array of dishes served on Sunday, August 21, 1887. Faux tortoise shell embellishment held to cover with wooden toothpick. Foxing to areas around embellishment. More
![MENU] [FRENCH] Hand-Illustrated Communion Menu](/pictures/thumb/410.jpg?v=1550697245)
1947. Large French Menu dated May 25, 1947. 75 x 54 cm (108 cm. open) This menu was made for a First Communion, painted on front and back covers as well as the interior. The menu was signed by family and friends that were present at the event. The front..... More
Chicago: National Clock & Mfg. Co., 1900. Cardboard covers. 190 pages. 24 x 10 cm. A cookbook/manuscript all in one. "The National Home Cook Book is provided with BLANK PAGES, permitting one to copy or paste in the proper place the recipe of any particular kind of dish, as every..... More
![ORIGINAL ART] [BAKING] Reliable Flour Company; Reliable Measuring Cup pamphlets](/pictures/thumb/2218.jpg?v=1616117463)
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 pamphlets - Reliable Measuring Cup - an offshoot of the Reliable Flour Company, a Boston..... More
Burlington, VT: Penick & Ford, Ltd., Inc., 1930's. Loose-leaf. 16 x 8 cm. Tri-fold color illustrated brochure. Colorful advertisement brochure for Vermont Maid Syrup, Cane/Maple Sugar. Recipes include: Maple Baked Custard, Sweet Potatoes and Apples, and Vermont Maid Caramels. Clean, crisp copy. More
New York: The Fleischmann Company, 1920. Staplebound wraps. 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. 22 pages. Yeast was one of the early foods that was misrepresented and sold as a cure all - "Compressed Yeast completes the diet, assures proper nourishment, stimulates growth in the young, invigorates those advanced in..... More
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1952. Eggenhofer, Nick. First Edition. 170 pages. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. "Mr. Adams has done a superlative job and his illustrator, Nick Eggenhofer, has captured the real spirit of the round-up camp. This book is more than grand reading. It perpetuates the memory of..... More
London: John Murray, 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover. 440 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. A comprehensive household manual, filled with what seems to be very helpful receipts and some of a dubious nature. Chapters filled with constructive advise on rearing livestock, making butter, brewing and the management of malt liquors, 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
![GERMAN] [COOKBOOK] [DOMESTIC SCIENCE] Die gute Hausmannskost & Manuscript; Ein Kockbuch unter...](/pictures/thumb/2396.jpg?v=1610745072)
Munich: Carl Aug. Sefried and Comp. Hardcover. 134 pages. 19 x 12 cm. Translation: The good Home Cooking Cookbook with special consideration to gas kitchen with advice and instructions for housewives and mothers. Laid in handwritten recipe book - 48 pages. 16 x 10 cm. All text in German. Book..... More
Providence, R.I. Department of Home Economics of the Rumford Company, c. 1911. Staplebound wraps. 47 pages. Recipes, terms, and instructions. Recipes for preparing and cooking meats, fish, poultry, vegetables and food for the sick; instructions for preserving and pickling; the making of ices, beverages, and confections. Interior toned at spine..... More
![STOVES] [TRADE CATALOG] Illustrated Price List of Ships' Galley Ranges, Cabooses, Yacht, Boat and...](/pictures/thumb/1668.jpg?v=1548707493)
Devonport, England. Staplebound. c. 1900. 24 pages. 22 x 14 cm. A hark back to the golden days of shipbuilding, this fully illustrated pamphlet includes prices and dimensions of their entire inventory. J Gould & Son were one of the many industries/workshops, located in the Royal Navy Yard, specializing in..... More
![BRITISH] [MILITARY] Catering Menu for the Officers in the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the West...](/pictures/thumb/1742.jpg?v=1551365237)
York, England: 1886. Loose_leaf. 32 x 20 cm. This menu,written by Halliwell, a local master of ceremonies and freemason, was made to accommodate and service the 3rd and 4th battalions' officers of the West Riding Regiment, formerly known as the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. The officers were lodged in the..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. First British Edition. Hardcover. 550 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Whether you are looking for an oyster cocktail, stewed knuckle of veal, or milk toast, this lovely cookbook will not disappoint. Covers toned. More
![ADVERTISING] The Enterprising Housekeeper; Suggestions for Breakfast, Luncheon, and Supper. Helen...](/pictures/thumb/2444.jpg?v=1613594883)
Philadelphia: The Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of PA. 1902. Fourth Edition. Staplebound. 96 pages. 16 x 11.5 cm. Helen Louise Johnson authored a number of targeted cookbooks for various cookware and food production companies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including this volume for the Enterprise Manufacturing Company in..... 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
![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
London: Crosby Lockwood & Son Ltd, 1948. Hardcover. 106 pages. 22 x 15 cm. 1948 reprint of one of the earliest cookery and household recipe books in England, 1602 by Sir Hugh Plat. With chapters on Sir Hugh Plat; his life and writings - Bibliography of Sir Hugh Plat's printed..... More
![FOOD HISTORY] The History and Social Influence of The Potato; With a Chapter on Industrial Uses...](/pictures/thumb/2498.jpg?v=1617655794)
Cambridge: The Cambridge University Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 685 pages. 23.5 x 16.5 cm. A comprehensive study of the Potato with a focus on the origin, history, description, and impact of this underrated starch. Illustrated throughout. Interior crisp and clean, spine sunned. 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
San Francisco: CHRONICLE BOOKS, 2018. Gao, Alice. Hardcover. 176 pages. For every baker who loves food history. Filled with modern versions of some of our favorite classics along with dazzling photography. A delightful baking pamphlet bound in along with an embossed foil cover and more than 50 recipes. Pristine... More