Cooking Directions. First Edition. These entirely new and reliable recipes for cooking Cerealine have been prepared for us by one of the the most celebrated French cooks in America
by [Indiana Cerealine Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Indiana)]
Columbus, Indiana: Copyrighted by the Indiana Cerealine Mfg. Co, 1884. Booklet, machine-sewn in wrappers (19 x 12 cm.), [12] pages. Stated FIRST EDITION. A product cookbook containing a collection of recipes for use with Cerealine, a "flaky substance, the product of White Indian Corn". The short recipes are presented in narrative form. A few short testimonials precede the recipes. In subsequent editions further testimonials and lists of awards appear, and the title changes a "Most Celebrated French Cook" to... Read More
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Twenty-six trade cards for food- or drink-related businesses, most illustrated with real photographs
by [Photo-illustrated trade cards - Faces of the Food Industry]
[Various places, 1915. Twenty-six trade cards, all illustrated with portraits of the proprietors, some with real photo illustrations. Various sizes (largest 16.5 x 15.5 cm.), some printed both sides. The businesses include restaurants, cafes, a grocer, an oyster house, a fruit house, lunch counter, confectionery & ice cream, fish and canned goods, a hotel (with fishing parties), a "Schlitz Forum & Cafe", a beer bottler, a nurseryman, wine & liquor shop, a saloon, a buffet and short order lunch... Read More
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Objects for Preparing Food
by [Kitchen equipment; Smithsonian Institution & Renwick Gallery; Sandra Zimmerman (curator); Mimi Sheraton (introduction)]
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Insitution & Renwick Gallery, 1972. Large square booklet, stapled in wrappers (30.5 x 30.5 cm.), 52 pages. Illustrated throughout from photographs. FIRST EDITION. Catalogue of kitchen tools and furniture shown at an exhibit at the Renwick Gallery and The Museum of Contemporary Crafts. Introduction and notes by Mimi Sheraton. This exhibition ran from Sept. 1972 to April 1973, and displayed common and unusual kitchen gadgets from the pre-history to the present time. Very light rubbing to... Read More
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Objects for Preparing Food
by [Kitchen equipment; Smithsonian Institution & Renwick Gallery; Sandra Zimmerman (curator); Mimi Sheraton (introduction)]
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution & Renwick Gallery, 1972. Large square booklet, stapled in wrappers (30.5 x 30.5 cm.), 52 pages. Illustrated throughout from photographs. FIRST EDITION. Catalogue of kitchen tools and furniture shown at an exhibit at the Renwick Gallery and The Museum of Contemporary Crafts. Introduction and notes by Mimi Sheraton. This exhibition ran from Sept. 1972 to April 1973, and displayed common and unusual kitchen gadgets from the pre-history to the present time. Very light rubbing to... Read More
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The Literature of Sea-Sickness. Reprinted from: Medical record, May 20, 1893
by Irwin, J.A. [John Arthur Irwin (1853-1912)]
New York: Trow Directory, Printing and Bookbinding Co, 1893. Stapled in wrappers (18.5 x 12.5 cm.), 8 pages. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION of this offprint. A short, but highly entertaining survey of the historical literature on the subject of sea-sickness, or motion sickness at sea, and of various therapies. “Sea-sickness as one of the earliest noted, most constant, and most palatable of human infirmities, has a literature which, if not particularly instructive to the practical student, is at least as... Read More
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The Italian Confectioner; or, Complete Economy of Desserts: Containing the Elements of the Art, According to the Most Modern and Approved Practice. Third Edition, Corrected and Enlarged
by Jarrin, G.A. [William Alexis Jarrin; Guglielmo Alexis]
London: William H. Ainsworth, 1827. Octavo, 276 pages, with two folding plates and a frontispiece portrait of the author. Third edition, corrected and enlarged. The author's full name was William Alexis Jarrin [Guglielmo Alexis]. In early editions, including this one, the name is abbreviated "G.A." Later he anglicized his name, abbreviated as "W.A." "In 1820 Jarrin published this work, The Italian Confectioner, through which he is best known. The book sits within an English tradition of publishing recipes for... Read More
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The Action, Therapeutic Value and Use of the Carlsbad Sprudel Salt (Powder Form) and Its Relation to the Carlsbad Thermal Water
by Jaworski, Dr. W [Walery]; (translated by) A.L.A. Toboldt
Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co, 1891. Octavo (24 x 15 cm.), viii, 9-100 pages. Charts and one illustration. First American Edition and first of this English translation. Originally published Vienna, 1886 as Ueber die Wirkung des karlsbader Thermalwassers. Carlsbad Sprudel Salt was the evaporated form of water from the Karlovy Vary or Karlsbad Spa, where "taking the waters" had been a cure for centuries, and to which the European elite flocked for cures and rest. This work is... Read More
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The Epitome of the Art of Husbandry : comprizing all necessary directions for the improvement of it, viz. : plowing, sowing, grafting, gardening, ordering of flowers, herbs : directions for the use of the angle : ordering of bees : together with the gentlemans heroick exercise : discoursing of horses ... of oxen, cows, calves, sheep, hogs ... of the nature of marle, the best way of planting clover-grass, hops, saffron, liquorice, hemp, &c. : to which is annexed by way of appendix, a new method of planting fruit-trees, and improving of an orchard : with directions for taking, ordering, teaching, and curing of singing birds, and other useful additions
by J.B. [Blagrave, Joseph]
London: Printed for Benjamin Billingsley, at the sign of the Printing Press, in the piazza of the Royal Exchange, over against Popes-Head-Alley, in Cornhill, 1675. Two volumes bound as one; octavo (17 x 12 cm.), [8], 159, 158-246; 136, [16] pages; with errors in pagination as issued. Two engraved, illustrated additional titles. Publisher's advertisement on verso of the terminal leaf. Indexes. Second part has separate title page: New additions to the art of husbandry : comprizing a new way... Read More
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The Grocer’s Companion and Merchant’s Hand-Book : Containing a comprehensive account of the growth, manufacture and qualities of every article sold by grocers. Also tables of weights and measures, and information of a general nature of value to grocers and country merchants.Price $2.00
by Johnson, Benjamin; [New England Grocer]
Boston: New England Grocer Officer/Benjamin Johnson, 1883. Octavo (22 x 14.5 cm.), 240 pages. Illustrated, including a color frontispiece. FIRST EDITION THUS; with the Coffee Supplement (approximately 50 pages), introduced by Chase & Sanborn. “This work comprises, within itself, all the uses of a Cyclopeadia, a Manual and a Hand-book, all the necessary, well-ascertained and authenticated facts being condensed into the smallest space consistent with completeness and perspicuity.” Entries range from Acid Phospates to Yeast and a complete section... Read More
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The Enterprising Housekeeper. Suggestions for breakfast, luncheon and supper. Sixth edition
by Johnson, Helen Louise; [Enterprise Manufacturing Company (Pittsburgh)]
Philadelphia: Enterprise Manufacturing Company, 1906. Small stapled booklet (18 x 13 cm.), 91, [5] pages. Index. Illustrated throughout. Sixth Edition. A promotional cookbook from Enterprise, manufacturers of meat grinders, spice mills, sausage presses, and other household equipment. Includes a short trade catalogue with descriptions of various products. A near fine copy in publisher's chromo-lithographed wrappers depicting a housewife using an Enterprise meat grinder. Stamped on the rear wrapper, "Mason & Hall, 52 Maine Street, Belfast Maine". [Cagle 400, 401;... Read More
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Home Brewed Wines and Beers and Bartenders' Guide: Secrets of the Liquor Trade: Complete Directions and Recipes for Making all kinds of Wines, Beers, Liquors, Brandies, Cordials, Syrups, Extracts, Etc. No. 1263
by [Johnson Smith & Company (Detroit, Mich.)]
Detroit, Mich., Windsor, Ont: Published by Johnson Smith & Company, 1933. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (19 x 13.5 cm.), 32 pages. Text in two columns. Title and publication data from wrapper. Later printing. A recipe book for liquor and other beverages: cordials, wine, beer, cocktails mineral waters, invalid drinks, etc. Text evenly age-toned throughout but otherwise clean and sound. Gray wrappers, printed in black, with an illustration of a bartender practicing his craft. Near fine.
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The Peanut Plant; its Cultivation and Uses
by Jones, B. W.
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1915. Octavo in wrappers (18.5 x 12.5 cm.), 69, [7] pages. Advertisements. Illustrated in the text. Later printing; originally published by Orange Judd in 1885. The classic guide for growing peanuts (arachis hypogaea), with instructions on the plant's uses for oil and food products. included are a few recipes for peanut oil, peanut coffee, peanut candy, and peanut soap. The author, B.W. Jones, of Warren Place, Surrey County, Virginia, was a peanut farmer and... Read More
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High Bonnet. [A novel of epicurean adventures]
by Jones, Idwal
New York: Prentice Hall, Inc, 1945. Octavo (21 x 15 cm.), 184 pages. Subtitle from the jacket, designed by Edgard Cirlin. FIRST EDITION. A classic novel of the professional chef, chronicling his education in various kitchen arts through a sequence of cooking jobs in the great (fictional) restaurants of the Continent. Of the many amusing anecdotes is "an account of a Pleistocene banquet, at which the guests ate musk-ox beef a million years old that had been found frozen... Read More
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High Bonnet. [A novel of epicurean adventures]
by Jones, Idwal
New York: Prentice Hall, Inc, 1945. Octavo (21 x 15 cm.), 184 pages. Subtitle from the jacket. FIRST EDITION. A classic novel of the professional chef, chronicling his education in various kitchen arts through a sequence of cooking jobs in the great (fictional) restaurants of the Continent. Of the many amusing anecdotes is "an account of a Pleistocene banquet, at which the guests ate musk-ox beef a million years old that had been found frozen in a terminal moraine... Read More
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Burnett's Floral Handbook
by [Joseph Burnett & Co.]
Boston: Joseph Burnett & Co.; [printed by] Forbes Co, 1878. Booklet in stapled, chromolithographed wrapper (11.5 x 7.5 cm.), 40 pages. Illustrated advertisements throughout, Title, date, and publication information from cover. ~ A single issue of an attractive little calendar and promotional booklet produced annually, usually under the title Burnett's Floral Handbook and Ladies Calendar, by the company to advertise its various patent medicines, flavoring extracts for cooking, and hair and beauty products, most notably Burnett's Cocoaine for the... Read More
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Recipes, Collected by the Junior League of Columbus Georgia. [cover title: Columbus Junior League Cookbook]
by Junior League of Columbus, Georgia
[Columbus, Ga: The Junior League], 1957. Comb-bound octavo (23 x cm.), 173 pages. Illustrated with black and white line drawings in the text; index. FIRST & ONLY EDITION. The first Junior League Cookbook of Columbus Georgia, a city on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, and after Atlanta, the second largest in the state. This attractive community cookbook contains fairly detailed recipes organized into sections including Appetizers, Outdoors Cooking, Bread, Casseroles, Cakes, Desserts, Meats, Mexican Food, Salads and Aspics,... Read More
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Healthful Cookery: a collection of choice recipes for preparing foods, with special reference to health
by Kellogg, E. E. [Ella Ervilla Kellogg; Battle Creek Sanitarium (Battle Creek, Mich.)]
Battle Creek, Mich: Kellogg Food Co, 1908. Octavo in wrappers (18.4 x 12.3 cm.), 313 pages. Index. Second Edition. A vegetarian cookbook, compiled from recipes used as diet therapy in the Battle Creek Sanitarium and its affiliated institutions. Chapters include Methods in hygienic cookery; Measuring and combining ingredients; Breads; Unfermented or aerated bread; Sandwiches; Toasts; Vegetable substitutes for flesh foods; Eggs; Porridges and breakfast dishes; Vegetables; Gravies and relishes; Salads; Soup; Soups with nut soup stock; Gruels and liquid... Read More
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Mother Goose as told by Kellogg's Singing Lady, with pictures by Vernon Grant
by Kellogg Company (Battle Creek, Mich.); Grant, Vernon (illustrator)
Battle Creek, Mich: Kellogg Company, 1933. Octavo-sized booklet, in wrappers, 30 pages. Illustrated in color throughout by Vernon Grant. FIRST EDITION. With great illustrations of Snap, Crackle and Pop. Vernon Grant's collection of twenty-three of the most popular Mother Goose rhymes, accompanied by illustrations by his charming illustrations throughout. Vernon Grant (1902 - 1990) gained national fame as creator of Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal characters Snap! Crackle! And Pop! Light soil to illustraed wrappers, otherwise fine.
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A Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the Use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers, and Careful Nurses
by [Kettilby, Mary]; by Several Hands (anon.)
London: For Richard Wilkin, 1714. Octavo (19 x 12.5 cm.), [16], 218, [13] pages. FIRST EDITION. “Mary Kettilby’s collection of cookery recipes and medicinal and home remedies, from a tasty “green-pease soop, without meat” to gooseberry wine. Households that could not afford French cooks or French cooking came to form a growing audience for books by women that contained unpretentious recipes cut to suit a less costly cloth, for pickling and collaring rather than ragouts. Where Hannah Woolley had... Read More
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Flour Manufacture: A Treatise on Millling Science and Practice. [with:] Recent Progress in Flour Manufacture, Supplement to the Treatise on Milling
by Kick, Friedrich
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son; Printed by Virtue & Co, 1888. Large octavo (26.3 x 17 cm.), xvi, 291 pages; 76 pages. Illustrated with twenty-four fold-out plates plus another four fold-out plates to supplement. 113 woodcuts plus 54 woodcuts to supplement. FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION; translated by H.H.P. Powles from the Second Enlarged and Revised Edition with Supplement. Considered the first scientific treatise on flour milling and a major contribution to what would become fluid dynamics. "The grinding of... Read More
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The Incredible Case of the Stack O'Wheats Murders
by Krims, Les
Rochester, NY: the photographer, 1972. Small folding box (14 x 15 cm.), with two folding sheets containing text by Robert Sobieszek, and ten black and white prints. FIRST EDITION, limited, numbered 1047/4000 copies and signed by the author on the second text leaf. Internally fine; publisher’s blue folding box, with photographically illustrated title pasted-down to top panel, rubbed and slightly split at corners. Still, generally very good. [Not in Roth 101 or Parr, though Krims is mentioned].
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Making Chicken Soup
by Krims, Les
Rochester: Humpy Press / Light Impressions, 1979. Square duodecimo, unpaginated. Illustrated with twenty-eight black and white photographs. FIRST EDITION. A photographic artist book from Les Krims, in which the artist's mother demonstrates the step-by-step method for preparing her chicken soup. The book also includes Mrs. Krims' recipes for kreplach and matzo balls. Fine in photographically illustrated wrappers.
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Making Chicken Soup
by Krims, Les
Rochester: Humpy Press / Light Impressions, 1979. Square duodecimo, unpaginated. Illustrated with twenty-eight black and white photographs. FIRST EDITION. An artist's book from Les Krims, in which the artist's mother demonstrates the step-by-step method for preparing her chicken soup. The book also includes Mrs. Krims' recipes for kreplach and matzo balls. Fine in photographically illustrated wrappers. A scarce photographic artist’s book and doubly so in that it is signed and dated by the artist on the title page.
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A Month of Sundays. A Novel
by Kronenberger, Louis
New York: The Viking Press, 1961. Octavo (20.5 x 14 cm.), 186 pages. FIRST EDITION. A grand hotel novel by the editor, critic and biographer. Kronenberger depicts Serenity House, where "the tarriff is $1500 per week, the chef is French, the hairdresser understanding, and the waiting list long. A fine copy in publisher's cloth, in a near fine dust jacket.
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The Soul of a Flower; Le Coeur de Fleurs
by Kurisaki, Noboru
Tokyo: Bunka Shuppankyoku, 1984. Quarto (31 x 23 cm.), 85, [12] pages. Photo-illustrated throughout; some folding plates. Text in Japanese and English. FIRST EDITION. A book of highly stylized photographs of the work of contemporary tea ceremony and ikebana master Noboru Kurisaki. Includes a short essay by Kurisaki at the end. White paper covered boards with titling blind-stamped on cover and spine; unclipped dust jacket of a highly-textured paper illustrated with a watercolor image. Very near fine.
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