My Recipe Book
Hardcover. Unpaginated. 22.5 x 17 cm. Classic homemaker's binder including index tabs, ruled paper, and envelopes to store loose recipes, unfilled. Toning to paper, otherwise pristine. More
Hardcover. Unpaginated. 22.5 x 17 cm. Classic homemaker's binder including index tabs, ruled paper, and envelopes to store loose recipes, unfilled. Toning to paper, otherwise pristine. More
Rome: ARS PUBLICATIONS, 1973. Second Edition. Hardcover. 159 pages. 27 x 21 cm. The author digs past the bottles of wine on the merchants' shelves to explore their history and thier place in the competitive market. Illustrated throughout with color photos. Interior clean, boards with some small chips. Dust wrapper..... More
New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1985. Hardcover. 299 pages. 28 x 17 cm. A comprehensive wine guide including: an introduction to each region, how wine is classified, and the hard facts about quality - price ratio of each wine. Illustrated throughout. Interior, boards and dust wrapper clean and crisp. Covered..... More
New York: The Spice Mill Publishing Company, 1906. Hardcover. 86 pages, A byproduct of the baking powder wars, fought at the end of the 20th century. After a stable rising agent was established, baking powder became a profitable commodity with over hundred manufacturers popping up across the country. To win..... More
Chicago: The Ridge Press and Playboy Press, 1974. Hardcover. 252 pages. 28 x 22 cm. Filled with enlightenments such as: Cultivating Your Taste for Wine, The Breakable But Still-Worth-Knowing Rules When Serving Wine, How to Buy Wine, How to Order Wine in Restaurants, Wines of the World and What You..... More
Edinburgh: J. B. Fairgrieve & Co., 1929. Twenty Second and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. 314 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. A classic cookery book from Mrs E.W. Kirk full of recipes for many different meals and ailments. Milk soup, mock turtle soup, jellied tongue, gateau of meat, hashed venison, marshmallows, and..... More
Brooklyn, NY: Lubavitch Women's Organization, 1983. Third Edition. Large Paperback. 96 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Filled with useful information including the Laws of Cooking for Shabbos, the Laws of Cooking for Yom Tov, The Significance of Matzoh, The Laws and Customs concerning various foodstuffs, Special Laws concerning The Seder..... More
New York: Chartwell Books Inc., 1988. 159 pages. 29 x 20 cm. Of all the world's wines, Champagne is the one most widely associated with elegance, good living and celebration. Champagne is a lively and comprehensive guide to this extraordinary wine, its history and its complex production process. Illustrated throughout..... More
Paris: Administration De L'Almanach-Vermot, 1887. Baer, Gill. Hardcover. 428 pages. 16.5 x 11.5 cm. This French dictionary/reference book of cooking terminology focusing on procuring ingredients and preparing cuisine. Recipes for popular dishes are given in general terminology with diagrams and illustrations of various cuts of meat which are best used..... More
Chicago, IL: National Live Stock and Meat Board, 1946-47. First edition. Staplebound. 40 pages. 20 x 13 cm. "Easy Meat Recipes" was prepared to aid in simplifying meal planning. Brought to you by the Department of Home Economics, chock full of recipes, time tables for cooking, and menu ideas. Clean..... More
1943. Loose_leaf. 71.5 x 102 cm. Large color poster issued by the United States Government Office of Price Administration to help inform Americans on the Home Front how to shop for groceries with the newly issued Ration Book Two. The system of rationing and use of ration books during W.W.II..... More
New York: ECCO, 2000. Hardcover. 370 pages. 22 x 15 cm. The author re-creates each of the great eras of wine production, from the prehistoric fruits of the Fertile Crescent to this decade's explosion of the consumer wine culture with its varied values and palates, and vividly conveys the sheer..... More
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1938. First Printing. Hardcover. 264 pages. 20 x 13.5 cm. A useful addition to any garden library. Filled with practical chapters on how to make an herb garden, the history and lore of herbs, each herbs properties and medicinal values, recipes for wine, jam, ketchups, syrups..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobby’s-Merrill Company Inc., 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 210 pages. 21 x 15cm. From the author of The Joy Of Cooking, this follow up to her first smash hit was less successful. With a nod towards packaged foods, Rombauer tried to lighten the work of homemakers by using both..... More
New York: ATHENEUM, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 486 pages. Waverley Root (1903-1982), a news correspondent, who turned essays on food and its history into an art form, brings to life then rich culinary history of Italy in this extensive and voluminous text. Root traveled to the most remote regions of..... More
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 148 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Chock full of wonderful recipes to be used for entertaining and every day meals. Each section of food is preceded by an illustration by Oliver Messel of that section’s foods forming a human-like figure offering up..... More
Arctic, RI: S.D. Martelly, Printer, 1912. Paperback. 97 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. A cookbook collected and issued as a benefit for the South Scituate Baptist Church - Recipes furnished and attributed by members. Filled with period local advertisements. Every page alternates between a local advertisement and more recipes. The..... More
Berkeley: University of California Division of Agriculture Sciences, 1971. 39 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Maynard A. Amerine (1911-1988) was a pioneer into the research of wine - he was a Professor of Viticulture and Enology, and Enologist in the Experiment Station at UC Davis. Vernon L. Singleton (1923-1916) studied..... More
Budapest, Hungary: CORVINA PRESS, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. 175 pages. No matter where in the world paprika is mentioned, this pungent, slightly biting spice creates an exotic picture of Hungary. Beginning in 16th century, only serfs and journeymen used Paprika - helping to make poor fare somewhat more palatable. It..... More
The Plains, Virginia: Vinifera Wine Growers Association, 1976. Paperback. 192 pages. 25 x 18 cm. Reproduction of Jefferson's observations of wine growing in Europe, and describes his efforts to develop a grape industry in this country. Cover soiled, interior clean. More
Albany, NY: C. Van Benthuysen, 1859. Sewn binding. 31 pages. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. The Albany area became the world's leader in stove-making in the mid 1800's. With the proximity to the Hudson river, the abundance of iron ore in the mountains of New York State, and the access to..... More
New York: The Bobby’s-Merrill Company, 1936. First Edition, Third Printing. Hardcover. 628 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. A third edition copy of the widely beloved Joy of Cooking. After the suicide of her husband in 1930, Irma Rombauer cobbled together a cookbook, illustrated by her daughter Marion. By 1936 the..... More
New York: The Bobby’s-Merrill Company Inc., 1953. Hardcover. 1013 pages. 22 x 14 cm. After the suicide of her husband in 1930, Irma Rombauer cobbled together a cookbook, illustrated by her daughter Marion. By 1936 the Bobbs-Merrill Company agreed to publish the expanded version, keeping the narrative style later known..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1957. Hardcover. 902 pages. 22 x 15 cm. After the suicide of her husband in 1930, Irma Rombauer cobbled together a cookbook, illustrated by her daughter Marion. By 1936 the Bobbs-Merrill Company agreed to publish the expanded version, keeping the narrative style later known..... More
New York: ATHENEUM, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 750 pages. Waverley Root (1903-1982), a news correspondent, who turned essays on food and its history into an art form, brings to life then rich culinary history of Italy in this extensive and voluminous text. Root traveled to the most remote regions of..... More