Poughkeepsie, NY: The De Laval Separator Company, 1896. No. 246. Staplebound wraps. 22.5 x 14.5 cm, 28 pages. This booklet advertises the various models of De Laval Cream Separators along with the highlights of the products, their uses, and when one might consider the purchase of one of these fine..... More
Montreal, P.Q. The Borden Company, Limited, [1920s]. staplebound wraps. (32 pages, 12.5 x 16.5 cm) A corporate cookbook from The Borden Company, advertising their St. Charles brand evaporated milk with recipes from “every part of the country” and “by leading food experts”. It opens with a brief introduction about Gail..... More
Port Huron, Michigan: The Anker-Holth Manufacturing Company, [1916]. staplebound. unpaginated (14 pages), 17.5 x 25.5 cm. This catalog advertises the self-balancing bowl cream separator for any farmer with one or more cows to maximize their profits by collecting all of the cream. It claims 95% of all cream separator malfunctions..... More
Cambridge, MA: Lever Brothers Company, 1950's. Staplebound wraps. 7 x 6 in. 48 pages. "Spry" Pure Vegetable Shortening Advertisement. Recipes for biscuits and breads, cakes, cookies, desserts, frostings and fillings, deep frying, sauteing, pies, and sauces. Black and white and color illustrations. Cool comic book format on cover. Cover lightly..... More
Syracuse University Press, 2000. Hardcover. 338 pages. Brewer 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. Clean, crisp copy. Covered in..... More
Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine, 1936. Staplebound. 55 pages, 11 x 16 cm. The Knox Dainties Recipe Book has been expanded in this 1936 edition to include Frozen Dishes with the growing population of households owning electric refridgerators. They mention in the forward of the book that all mechanically..... 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
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
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
Paris: Éditions Robert Laffont, 1982. Hardcover. 354 pages. 25 x 16 cm. Recipes by Fredy Girardet, one of the greatest cooks of our time. More than one hundred and fifty recipes, marvels of imagination - textures and flavors always in perfect harmony. Easily explained and precisely written. Illustrations by Julien..... More
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Chicago: International Harvester Company of America, c. 1920. Loose_leaf. 15.5 x 8.5 closed, 48 x 30 cm. open. Large folding trade catalog featuring a necessity for American farmers, especially small farms that serviced the local community with milk, cream, and all milk products. The producer uses illustrations and text to..... More
Rumford, RI: Rumford Chemical Works, 1932. staplebound. 64 pages, 12.5 x 18.5 cm. The Rumford Common Sense Cook Book includes pages of recipes, cooking terms, and instructions. One page informs the homemaker of how to bake “by temperature” as a helpful tidbit to those who had just acquired a gas..... More
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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
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1992. Hardcover. 293 pages. 25 x 16 cm. A collection of original recipes capturing the essence of Claude Peyrot's celebrated Paris restaurant, Vivarois. Peyrot combines the rustic and the refined, giving the reader the experience of both his sensitivity towards the palate while using genuine ingredients. Illustrated..... More
Paris: Éditions Robert Laffont, 1984. Hardcover. 391 Pages. 25 x 16 cm. Witzigmann and his restaurant Aubergine, were the first restaurant in Germany to be awarded the much-coveted three stars from Michelin. Recognized as Germany's greatest chef, he brings the rigor of Germany and the taste of Austria together all..... More
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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