500 Delicious Dishes from Leftovers: Use Your Leftover Bread-Cakes, Crackers and Crumbs-Eggs-Cheese-Meats....
N.p. Culinary Arts Institute, 1940. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff red pictorial wrappers. 48pp. Very good. Edition not ascertainable. More
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500 Tasty Sandwiches: Fancy Breads, Fillings and Spreads, Party Sandwiches, Closed Sandwiches, Hot Sandwiches, Double-Deckers, Triple-Deckers.
Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1941. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 48pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Edition not ascertainable. Nice, tight copy. More
The Dairy Book: Appetizers, Soups, EntrÈes, Salads, Breads, ....
N.p. Culinary Arts Institute, 1940. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff red pictorial wrappers.48pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. Edition not ascertainable. More
A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean.
New York: Clarkson Potter, 2000. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue and light blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 296pp. Maps, map endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Third printing of this account of two Vermonters who open a restaurant on the island of Anguilla in the Caribbean, boldly signed by both..... More
Economical, Nutritious Recipes for Those Fowl Leftovers.
Golden Valley, MN: For You Enterprises, 1982. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff red wrappers with black plastic comb binding. 103pp. Near fine. Probable sole edition. More
The Williamsburg Cookbook.
Williamsburg: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, [1986]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 172pp. Color frontispiece, color illustrations, line drawings. Near fine. A tight and attractive 7th printing of the updated, enlarged edition of the popular 1971 collection of "Traditional and Contemporary Recipes." More
Cook Until Done: A Collection of Unexpected Recipes.
New York: M. Barrows and Company, 1962. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and patterned paper over boards, dust jacket. 181pp. Near fine/very good. First edition. Handsome, tight copy. More
The Sportsman's Complete Book of Trophy and Meat Care.
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1975. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue buckram, dust jacket. 223pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Later printing. More
The Naked Grape.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1975. Hardcover. Small 4to. Maroon paper over boards, dust jacket. 154pp. Illustrations (some color), maps, line drawings. Very good/very good. Remainder dots on page edges. Apparent first edition. "The Joys of Wine, Stripped of Pretense and Mystique." More
Cooking with Curry.
New York: M. Barrows and Co., Inc., 1952. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 192pp. Very good/good. Dampstaining on half of dust jacket back cover and inner flap. First edition of the first book ever published on curry dishes, in America or abroad. 178 recipes. More
Vittles and Vice: An Extraordinary Guide to What's Cooking on Chicago's Near North Side.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, [1952]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Franklin McMahon. 8vo. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 193pp. Line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly rubbed, with old but neat paper reinforcements on verso. A tight, attractive first edition. More
Vittles and Vice: An Extraordinary Guide to What's Cooking on Chicago's Near North Side.
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, [1952]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Franklin McMahon. 8vo. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 193pp. Line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit rubbed and edgeworn, with old but neat paper reinforcements on verso. Tight and quite nice first edition of this..... More
What's Cookin' in Arizona: More than 240 recipes from Arizona Celebrities & Personalities.
Phoenix: Golden West Publishers, 1993. Paperback. Illustrations by Mike Ritter. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 252pp, (4pp ads). Numerous line drawings. Very good. Minor edgewear. First edition (issued in paperback only) of this nifty compilation accompanied by caricatures, nicely inscribed and signed by the compiler on the title page: "Joan..... More
Popular Chinese Cookbook.
Norwalk, CT: Longmeadow Press, 1977. Hardcover. Small 4to. White pictorial cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 96pp. Color frontispiece, color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. First edition. More
American Foodways: What, When, Why and How We Eat in America.
Little Rock: August House, 1989. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue leatherette, dust jacket. 128pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition. More
The New England Butt'ry Shelf Almanac: Being a Collection of Observations on New England People, Birds, Flowers, Herbs, Weather, Customs, and Cookery of Yesterday and Today.
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, [1970]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Tasha Tudor. 12mo. Aquamarine blue cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 302pp. Color frontispiece, 5 full-page color plates, numerous line drawings. Near fine/near fine. Wonderfully tight and handsome first edition. More
Meat: Selection, Preparation and Many Ways to Serve.
Chicago: Armour and Company, 1934. Paperback. 16mo. Pictorial wrappers. 63pp. Numerous illustrations and line drawings. Very good. Faint edgewear. Probable sole edition. Tight, attractive copy of this Century of Progress keepsake (Chicago World's Fair, 1933-34). More
Dr. Chase's Third Last and Complete Receipt Book and Household Physician, or Practical Knowledge for the People....
Detroit: F.B. Dickerson Company, 1902. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original brown cloth with black lettering and ornate decorative and pictorial stamping. xiv, 865pp, (1p ad). Frontispiece, illustrations. Good plus. Though internally tight and a sound "very good," binding is rubbed and scuffed; joints bear old but neat and discreet brown cloth..... More
Little Lessons in Scientific Eating.
Maywood, NJ: Corrective Eating Society, Inc., n.y. Paperback. Complete 24-volume set housed in printed brown paper over boards slipcase. 16mo. Stiff tan wrappers. 8pp, 8pp, 9pp, 10pp, 13pp, 8pp, 15pp, 15pp, 14pp, 15pp, 16pp, 19pp, 12pp, 16pp, 12pp, 14pp, 12pp, 13pp, 10pp, 15pp, 15pp, 16pp, 11pp, 24pp. Tables. Very good/very..... More
Light & Easy Cooking Collection.
N.p. Ottenheimer Publishers, 1995. Paperback. Complete 5-volume set. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers, pictorial card stock slipcase. 93pp, 93pp, 94pp, 92pp, 93pp. Extensive color illustrations. Fine/very good. Slight wear to slipcase, but all five volumes pristine. Handsome first edition, tight and nice, of these volumes individually titled "Calorie-Wise Meals and..... More
Chinese Cooking: The secret of a great cuisine revealed.
New York: Garland Books, 1973. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 100pp. Numerous color illustrations, line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Slightest of jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition of this volume in the "'Round the world cooking library." More
Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking.
New York: Times Books, [1987]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Cream cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xix, 364pp. Very good/very good. Faint signs of use; red remainder mark on top page edges. A tight and nice second printing of this thirty-year compilation of "New York Times" recipes. More
Herbs: Their Culture and Uses.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1956. Hardcover. Illustrations by Tabea Hofmann. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. vi, 226pp. Line drawings. Very good/good plus. Jacket faintly age toned and soiled, with several archivally closed (on verso) edge tears, but overall attractive. A tight, quite nice..... More
Fine Food, Wine, and Pickled Pine: The Story of Coventry Forge Inn.
New York: David McKay Company, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. 211pp. Illustrations. First edition, tight and clean. Fascinating story of this antique authority's acquisition and restoration of an 18th century Pennsylvania country home and its rebirth as a renowned restaurant. More
A World of Curries: An International Cookbook.
New York: Avenel Books, [1967]. Hardcover. 8vo.Tan cloth, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 262pp. Near fine/very good. Slight bit of minor jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and nice. "Everything from soups, dry curries, breads, eggs to meats, fish, chicken, and even curried vegetables," touts the jacket front panel, "plus chutneys, salads..... More