![Item #463 [FOOD ADVERTISING]The Swine or The Flower?](/pictures/thumb/463.jpg?v=1622309343)
Chicago, Ill: The N. K. Fairbank Company, 1930's. Wraps. 16 x 8.5 cm. Folded pamphlet. Cottolene - pure and wholesome frying and shortening made from Refined Cotton Seed Oil. Comparing pig fat and vegetable oil: "Shortens your food - lengthens your life." Poem inside with colorful illustrations. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. 248 pages. 27 x 21.5 cm. In collaboration with E.S. Yntema. Photographs by James Scherer. Like its predecessor and companion, Julia Child & Co., this is a menu cook book filled with photo illustrations, marketing tips, and leftover suggestions. Detailed recipes..... More
Chicago: The N.K. Fairbanks Company, 1898. Paperback. 74 pages. 18 x 13 cm. Cottolene was a brand of shortening made of beef tallow and cottonseed oil produced in the US from 1868 until the mid 20th century. First mass-produced and mass-marketed as an alternative to lard and is remembered today..... More
![Item #1908 [GELATIN] Dainty Dishes Made of Knox Gelatine. Charles B. Knox Company](/pictures/thumb/1908.jpg?v=1560029259)
Charles B. Knox Company, 1910. Staplebound. 10 pages. 6.03 x 8.26 cm. This tiny cookbook, from the Charles B. Knox company itself, is brimming with recipes for "solid, yet not tough" jellies suited for the Busy Housekeeper. Colored illustrations of gelatin sherbets, molds, and cakes throughout. Toned pages, with closed..... More
New York: All Day Press, 2013. First Edition. Sewn binding. 47 pages. 19 x 11 cm. Filled with recipes including: Tomato and Green Olive Tartare, Curried Lamb Stew, and Wasabi Bloody Marys. Short Stack is a small-format publication, created by the culinary world's brightest talents. Colophon notes this edition was..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. 122 pages [5 pg publishers ads] 12 x 16 cm. An entertaining view into the dishes served in the mid-1800s with recipes ranging from Omelet au Kirsch to Eggs a la Duchesse. Filipino, the chef at Delmonico's, provides precise..... More
![Item #2050 [AGRICULTURE] [HAWAII] The Kingdom That Grew Out Of A Little Boy's Garden. Marion...](/pictures/thumb/2050.jpg?v=1576696077)
San Francisco: Hawaiian Pineapple Company, 1930. Fifth Printing. Staplebound. 55 pages. 15.5 x 9 cm. A folkloric account of James Drummond Dole's climb to become the "Pineapple King". Narrative takes the reader through the early days of planting, canning, and role in the company's success to pack and ship pineapple..... More
New York: All Day Press, 2013. First Edition. Sewn binding. 47 pages. 19 x 11 cm. Signed by author, "Enjoy 2013". Twenty recipes inspired by the almighty egg. Knauer was a food editor at Gourmet magazine. Short Stack is a small-format publication, created by the culinary world's brightest talents. Colophon..... More
New York: M. Barrows & Company, Inc., 1967. Klapholz, Mel. First Edition. Hardcover. 240 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. Helen McCully and Jacques Pépin team up in this unique cookbook that details 180 ways to use the extra egg yolks or white in recipes, eliminating the wasteful problem of what..... More
New York: The Fleischmann Co., 1916. Staplebound. 32 pages. A surprisingly sophisticated recipe pamphlet declares, in the introduction, to be focused on Children: "Children are by instinct great bread eaters. You never heard of too much bread making them sick...This booklet is intended to show the various uses of bread..... More
New York: All Day Press, 2013. First Edition. Sewn binding. 48 pages. 19 x 11 cm. Signed by author on title page. Strawberry season is upon us! Susan Spungen is a cookbook author, culinary consultant and food stylist for both print and film. Short Stack is a small-format publication, created..... More