Search Results: Gastronomy from Attic Books

Wallacetown, ON, nd. Softcover. Fair. 110 p. 22 cm. Spiral binding. Soiling to outside. No rear cover. Local advertising. Not your average cookbook. Recipes for Elk Soup, Rolled Moose Steaks, Headcheese without the Head, Braised Bear, Muskrat Meat Loaf, Beaver Bugers, Possum & Chestnuts, Pot Roast Woodchuck, Tricasseed Squirrel, Raccoon Pie, Smothered Rabbt, Broiled Skunk ("Don't forget to remove the scent glands"), Wolf Stroganoff, etc. If this sounds unappealing, stay away from Wallacetown.

London, Ontario: Col. William M. Gartshore Chapter I.O.D.E. , 1961. Good. 11 x 13 cm blue stapled folder containing 11 typewritten dessert recipes. Folder has a bit of soiling or discolouration. Contributor's names not mentioned. Contains Paradise Pudding, Mocha Dream, Pineapple Ambrosia, Cherry Crunch, etc.

Montreal, nd. Booklet. Near fine. iv, 37 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Stapled softcover. Prepared by Mme. Jehane Patenaude-Benoit. Includes Mocha Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Cream Filling, Chocolate Meringue Pie, Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies, Nut Fudge, A New Chocolate Drink, other treats.

Brantford, ON: Dove" , 1981. Softcover. Good. 207 p. 22 cm. Spiral binding with clear plastic covers. Pages 78-9 a bit darkened. Ink signature on first leaf. "Dove" was a Christian singing group from Park Baptist Church in Brantford. A.B.Y. is probably Association of Baptist Youth.

Toronto: Random House, 1969. Hardcover. Good +/Good. 148 p. 27 cm. B&w illustrations. Hardcover in dustjacket. Some tears to jacket edges and rubbing to panels. Light wear to edges of book. Front flap of jacket price clipped. Small bookseller's label and guest speaker label on front endpapers. Record by Arlo Guthrie is still present at back of book. Recorded introduction by Arlo Guthrie. Photos by Howell Conant and Benno Friedman, stills from the movie Alice's Restaurant, spice and herb charts by the Spice Islands Company and drawings by Brock. Advice on wines and liquors, buffets, blintzes, saucery, stuffings and forcemeat, head snacks, etc.

Winnipeg: The Canadian Cook Book Company, 1930. Hardcover. Good. 222 p. 23 cm. Colour frontispiece. Grey hardcover has scuffs and scratches to exterior. Writing outside reads "The Church Cook Book: Secrets of a Famous Chef." Pages browning a little. Occasional spots. Includes all the usual sections as well as invalid dishes, luncheon dishes, mother and children's section. The latter contains pregnancy diet, what to avoid when expecting, laxative foods, breast feeding, etc. Driver M59.1.

Mount Hope, Ontario, 2001. Softcover. Fine. vi, [4], 100 p. 23 cm. B&w photo of church. Spiral binding.

London, Ontario: Ann McColl's Kitchen Shop, 1994. Softcover. Fine. 114 p. 28 cm. B&w line drawings. Text in cursive. Signed by author.

Aylmer, Ontario, nd. Softcover. Fair. 36, h p. 23 cm. Spiral binding with crack in mid section. Soiled covers. Some spots inside.

Chiang Mai, Thailand: Smart Cook Thai Cookery School, nd. Booklet. Fine. [3], 26, [7] leaves, one-sided. Small colour illustrations. Paper covers tied with white twine. Smart Cook Tahi Cookery School flyer enclosed.

Augsburg: Joseph Wolffischen, 1836. Hardcover. Good. xxiv, 648, [14] p. 19 cm. Title page vignette. Hardcover with green text block edge. Boards rubbed, edges and corners worn, hinges cracked. Green tape on upper spine, spine tail chipped. Some foxing and stains. German text.

Washington DC: Bureau of Home Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1931. Fourth Enlarged Edition . Softcover. Good. 142 p. 23 cm. Green paper covers. Ink stamp on front cover for Louis C. Rabaut, Member of Congress, 14th Dist. Michigan. Some wear and soiling to exterior. Staples rusting. Crease in rear cover. Neat, clean pages. 400 of the most popular recipes and 90 of the menus included in the Housekeeper's Chats, a radio service for women beginning 1926.

Belleville, Ontario, 1978. Softcover. Fair. 149 p. 28 cm. Clear plastic covers. Lower parts ob inding splitting apart. Stains to white covers. Stains pp. 107-8.

Ottawa: Dominion of Canada Department of Agriculture Live Stock Branch, 1930. Softcover. Good. Bulletin No. 135. 52 p. 25 cm. B&w illustrations. One fold-out colour Beef Chart tucked inside. Stapled booklet. Soilng to exterior. Light wear.

Winnipeg: Gateway Publishing, 1992. Softcover. Near fine. 167 p. 23 cm. Spiral binding.

Yorkton, Sask.: Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cookbook Committee, Sept. 1989. Softcover. Fair. 224 p. 24 cm. Spiral binding. Soiling to covers and within. Of course, because a clean cookbook can't be very good. Cake section is especially messy. Asterisk beside Aunt Mary's Chocolate Cake that "Never Fails."

Vittoria, ON, nd. Softcover. Good. iv, 92 p. 23 cm. Spiral binding. Light wear. One page history of S. S. #6, Charlottesville, Vittoria Public School, Norfolk County, Ontario.

Toronto, nd. Softcover. Near fine. [10 p.]. 21 cm. B&w diagrams for making paper icing cones, and various cake decorations. Stapled.

nd. 1960s. Booklet. Near fine. 40 p. 23 cm. Stapled paper covers. Stain on rear cover.

nd. 1960s. Booklet. Good. 40 p. 23 cm. Stapled paper covers. Some light stains and marks. Pages 14-15 stuck together and stained making one recipe partly illegible.