Cooking & Food
Wholesome Cooking
Wholesome Cooking, A Practical Book for a Practical Cook, Two Hundred Well-Tested Recipes selected by Ethel Harris. Ten chapters from soup…
The Stag Cook Book
This book is dedicated to "that great host of bachelors and benedicts alike who have at one time or another tried to 'cook something': …
Pies Made with Pet Evaporated Milk
This is a short commercial collection of pie recipes promoting the use of Pet Milk - a lot of delicious ideas here! - Summary by Larry Wilso…
The Complete Confectioner
The original version of Hannah Glasse’s ‘The Complete Confectioner’ was first produced about 1760 but the publication referenced here is fro…
Modern Domestic Cookery
As there is scarce an individual who is not aware of the comfort resulting from a regular and cleanly meal, it may appear to many labor lost…
Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six
Juliet Corson has put together a few books on economic housekeeping, and this is a fine example. Almost 150 years after publication (1878), …
Bohemian San Francisco
While describing his dining experiences throughout "Bohemian San Francisco," Clarence Edwords paints an historic panorama of Calif…
A Treatise on Foreign Teas
What would England be without tea? It is difficult to imagine, but there was a time in which tea was not quite as ubiquitous in Europe as it…
Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes
Indulge your sweet tooth with Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes by Maria Parloa, a delightful collection of recipes that celebrates the rich flavo…
The Book of Ices
Summer is around the corner, time to make ice cream! This volume contains tried and true recipes for all kinds of cold drinks and desserts t…
The New York Cake Book
Starting with general instructions on making cakes we have "fifty recipes from a famous New York Chef." from Almond Cake to Strawb…
A Handbook of Fish Cookery
This is a very practical book concerning the cooking of fish. The author does not limit herself simply to recipes, but also adds sound advic…
Billy in Bunbury
This 1924 poem/recipe book, designed as promotional material for the Royal Baking Powder Company, is set in the Oz community of Bunbury. Lit…
Oysters and Fish
Would it not be beneficial, were the average American to substitute fish for the everlasting steak and chop of the breakfast-table?For the s…
International Harvester Refrigerator Recipes
Presented by the Home Economist of the International Harvester Company, here are six dozen recipes for frozen and chilled dishes including f…
The Something-Different Dish
Author of many traditional books on cooking and recipe collections, Marion Harris Neil presents a slightly off-beat collection of recipes co…
A Poetical Cook-Book
This is an interesting mix of recipes and poetry about cookery and food. The author has written this book during and in the aftermath of the…
Food Values
Food Values by Dr. Albert Philip Sy is a concise guide that emerged during the tumultuous times of World War I, serving as a practical resou…
Cakes & Ale
A long time ago, an estimable lady fell at the feet of an habitual publisher, and prayed unto him:—“Give, oh! give me the subject of a book …
The New Dr. Price Cookbook
This cookbook was published by the Royal Baking Powder Co. to promote the use of Dr. Price's Phosphate Baking Powder in a broad range of rec…