Cookery
The Book of Household Management
"Mrs. Beeton's" is a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain. Published in 1861, it was an immediate best…
Manners, Customs and Dress During the Middle Ages
A comprehensive and detailed account of medieval life and culture in France, with reference to other parts of Europe, including chapters on …
The American Housewife
This cookbook and reference guide leads the American Housewife through how to make everything from Meat to Common Drinks, as well as helpful…
The Italian Cook Book
One of the beneficial results of the Great War has been the teaching of thrift to the American housewife. For patriotic reasons and for reas…
Food Preparedness
A short pamphlet from WWI, first describing basic nutrition, then discussing what foods may be substituted during food shortages without los…
The Experienced English Housekeeper
'Cut a large old hare in small pieces, and put it in a mug with three blades of mace, a little salt, two large onions, one red herring, six …
365 Foreign Dishes
Starters, main courses and desserts from around the world, one dish for every day of the year. From Turkey to China, from India to England, …
Cottage Economy
How can you tell when your pig is fat enough? Why should you never buy mustard? What's wrong with eating potatoes? Which is better, beer or …
Food Guide for War Service at Home
"The long war has brought hunger to Europe; some of her peoples stand constantly face to face with starvation. To meet all this great f…
When Mother Lets Us Cook
A book of simple receipts for little folk with important cooking rules in rhyme together with handy lists of the materials and utensils need…
Cocoa and Chocolate
As that heavenly bit of chocolate melts in our mouths, we give little thought as to where it came from, the arduous work that went in to its…
Domestic Cookery
The compiler of [this book] having entered early in life upon a train of duties, was frequently embarrassed by her ignorance of domestic aff…
The Complete Book of Cheese
Bob Brown, after living thirty years in as many foreign lands and enjoying countless national cheeses at the source, returned to New York an…
Short Nonfiction Collection
A collection of eleven short nonfiction works in the public domain. The items included in this collection were independently selected by the…
How to Cook Fish
How to Cook Fish is a practical guide by Myrtle Reed, known for her insightful approach to domestic life. In this audiobook, Reed shares her…
American Cookery
American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons, was the first known cookbook written by an American, published in 1796. Until this time, the cookbooks …
The Ideal Bartender
The book was written by Tom Bullock, a well-known bartender at the St. Louis Country Club. His skills as a bartender were so remarkable that…
Chocolate
In this early treatise, Antonio Colmenero De Ledesma extols the virtues of chocolate, presenting it as a miraculous substance with a wide ar…
The Girls of Gardenville
Step into the charming world of Gardenville, where a lively group of girls navigates the joys and challenges of adolescence. In "The Gi…
Good Things to Eat
Rufus Estes was born a slave in 1857 in Tennessee, and experienced first hand the turmoil of the Civil War. He began working in a Nashville …