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Provence A-Z
by Peter Mayle
The ultimate "dictionary" for lovers of Provence: Peter Mayle's personal selection of the foods, customs and words he finds most fascinating, curious, delicious, or just plain fun.Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. In more than 170 entries, Peter Mayle--bestselling author of A Year in Provence--writes about subjects as wide-ranging as architecture and zingue-zingue-zoun (in the local patois, a word meant to describe the sound of a violin). And, of course, he...
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The New Taste Of Chocolate
by Maricel E Presilla
MARICEL E. PRESILLA is a culinary historian, author, and chef specializing in the cuisines of Latin America and Spain. She studied medieval Spanish history at Spain’s University of Valladolid and at New York University, where she received her PhD. Formally trained in cultural anthropology, she has done extensive research on the food crops of the Americas and taught at New York University and Rutgers University. Presilla is a frequent contributor to Saveur, Food & Wine, and Gourmet, and...
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Food History Books & Ephemera
Cellu Recipes using Rye Flour
by Chicago Dietetic Supply
La Grange, Illinois: Chicago Dietetic Supply Inc.. Fine. N.D.. Softcover. c1950-1960. About fine with a single corner crease and single edge wrinkle. No library holdings. Not found in the trade. Single sheet, double sided fold down recipe brochure for recipes using rye flour. 5" x 4" Many with limited use of milk or eggs. Cellu supplied Dietetic Products: Foods, Scales, Insulin, Equipment as well as offering flours and meals employed for making dietetic foods, it is also no longer in...
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£16.27£11.39
Chicken of the Sea Fancy Tuna: 26 Proven Recipes
by Van Camp Sea Food
Terminal Island, California: Van Camp Sea Food Co., Inc.. Near Fine. N.D.. Softcover. No date, (c1920?). Approximately 6.25" X 3.25". Accordion type pamphlet with black, red and yellow graphic of red Chicken of the Sea on the cover and a black line illustration of "Uncle Sam." [8] pp. Illustrated. General light wear to corners and edges along with light yellow stain on the back flap. Unusual piece of American and California culinary history. "Just 22 years ago, tuna was a...
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£39.04£27.33
Good Housekeeping's Meat Cook Book
Chicago, Illinois: Consolidated Book Company. Very Good. 1958. Softcover. Pictorial soft cover. 68 pages. Index. Illustrated. Sections: Beef; Canned and Ready-to-Eat Meats; Cooking Meat Outdoors; Ham; Lamb; Leftover Meat; Pork; Sauces and Gravy; Veal. A single pen remark noted otherwise a clean copy with lightly worn edges. .
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£12.20£8.54
The Food Mood Connection
by Larry B. Christensen
Second Printing of the first edition. One page corner creased. Light wear to wrapper. Several small red marks on half title page and for edge. Light use, no writing inside.
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£8.09
Jim Henson's Muppet Picnic Cookbook
by Henson, Jim
Hallmark Cards. Fine. 1981. First Edition. Softcover. FINE paper wraps. 16 pages. Full color throughout. A fun collection of about 15 recipes. Each page features one of the characters favorite recipes (except Miss Piggy who, according to Kermit cheated and used her caterer's recipe, Precious Pink Punch.) A few (other) offerings include: Kermit's Swamp Salad which serves 40-50 frogs (10-14 large servings for adult humans.) The Great Gonzo with Barbecued Ice Cream, and Animal's...
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£20.34£14.23
Foods from Sunny Lands
by Wallace, Lily Haxworth
The Hills Brothers Company. Very Good. 1925. Softcover. Stapled wraps. 22 pages. Color and black and white illustrations. Very good only due to the damage to the lower right corner which extends into the booklet 2 leaves, with decreasing severity. LAID IN is the, original and uncommon, form letter sent along with this booklet by Hills Brothers on behalf of the local grocer, in this case Alta Market of Denver Colorado. It's purpose was to introduce a new food, Dromedary Dates to the American...
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Indonesisch kochen - leicht gemacht
by Kim Lan Thai
Book is Not in English - appears German. Inside Fine, Wrapper VG - worn around edge, no creases.
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£16.27
Uses for Juices : Staring Real Gold Pure California Orange Juice, Lemon Juice, Orange, Lemon, Grapefruit Bases.
Redlands, CA: Southern California Citrus Foods. Fine. N.D.. Softcover. Product promotional recipe booklet. No date. 5.5" X 3.5" . 24 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Black type with bright orange headings on each page. According to opencorporates.com Real Gold Citrus Products, a West Virginia based company with a branch in California, incorporated in January, 1952 and dissolved in March, 1955. The products were bottled juices and juice concentrates. Following a...
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Indulgence. Around The World in Search of Chocolate
by Richardson, Paul
London: Little, Brown. 2003. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 311 pages. Part travelogue, part cultural history and part gastronomy this book takes the reader around the world in search of chocolate. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£10.44
At Home. A Short History of Private Life
by Bryson, Bill
London: Doubleday. 2010. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 536 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£11.48
Gastronomie alsacienne t2
by Hertzog Jeanne
saep, 1980. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. This book is in good condition. Tanning to the cover and one of the pages is creased. Otherwise a good clean copy with pages close to very good, free from inscriptions, markings or wear.
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£3.99
Recipes and Suggestions from TreeSweet
Santa Anna, CA: TreeSweet Products Co. Near Fine. N.D.. Third Edition. Softcover. No date. Bright tight copy. About FINE with minor edge wear and along the staple line. 24 pages. Illustrated. 6 1/4" X 3 3/8" ; 8vo .
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£6.51
Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Cookbook
by Amy Vanderbilt
811 pages . Inside Near Fine, Exterior Fair condition . Top edge of spine damaged . bottom board beginning to split . A couple of stains on foredge . Bottom corner dusty other bottom side sun faded . Paper split at back spine . May need to be taped if this complete book is your "daily driver ".
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£12.20
How to Prepare and Serve a Meal and Interior Decoration
by Lansdown, Lillian B
New York: Social Mentor Publications. Very Good. 1922. First Edition. Softcover. Original grey paper wraps. 64 pp. including 2 page publisher catalog. Illustrated (table settings). The spine is sunned and the corner tips worn, there is a faint moisture line on the back cover. No reading crease, it appears unread. About very good. (Bitting, 273) ; 8vo .
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£28.47£19.93
East Meon Cook Book
by All Saints Church
All Saints Church, 1111. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This book is in very good condition. No inscriptions, markings or wear present to the pages. A very good clean copy.
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£4.99
The Blackduck Shopper. March 12, 1986
by Reiners, Marilyn (Editor)
Blackduck MN. Near Fine. Softcover. A single edition of the Blackduck Shopper, Beltrami County weekly news and advertisements, post dated 3-12-86, however the note from the editor regarding a change in printing press references "next week (October 15th). Pages hand numbered 5-26, [27]. Top corners bent, some edge wear. Overall in original conditon. Mailed USPS to Ressie Watts in Porterville, CA. Watts had lived in Kelliher for much of her life and was a contributor to the Kelliher Independent...
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The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines, by Jeff Smith (1989)
by Smith, Jeff
USA: William Morrow, 1989. Hardcover. used-acceptable, water damage on page edges,/Yes. 6.25x9.5. “The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines” (1989), by Jeff Smith. The popular television chef prepares a range of culinary treats based on the ancient cuisines of China, Greece, and Rome. Much of his Herculean effort, however, turns up fare that appears relatively modern. Characteristically, Smith goes out of his way to make food accessible, sometimes too much so: crushed potato chips garnish a...
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£4.87
The C & H Squishy Cookie Cookbook. For boys and girls with recipes that are easy to make and, oh, so good to eat!
by Smiley, Ethel
C & H. Fine+. 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Plus. 28 pages. Indexed. Illustrated. New in the original mailer. This is a product cookbook from C & H Sugar intended to help teach children baking skills. Laid in is the "Dear Grownups:" letter explaining the method used to encourage even the youngest of children to become a "Cookie Maker." From the letter, "As young children do not yet understand fractions, measurements are given in standard cup and spoon sizes....
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£24.40£17.08
A Collection of Recipes From Aurora and Vicinity (Antique or Old Charity Cookbook)
by The Woman's Club of Aurora (IL)
Fair or Poor condition. Pages are fragile and chipping at the end, has stains, pencil marks at favorite recipes and ads plus some scribbling in pencil. Names of contributors and an abundance of advertisements from local businesses in Aurora, IL. A far west suburb of Chicago. 168 pages
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£81.34
Season's Greetings. Bartlett's Richfield Service 1968 Calendar. Exeter, California.
Fine. 1968. Softcover. Unused. FINE calendar. January - Decemember. Bartlett's Richfield Service (Auto) promotional calendar given during the Christmas season. Staple bound grey stiff card with a bi-folded cover; gray with graphic and script folded to a full color painting of Black Tailed Prairie Dogs to use as display. Inside the cover are household facts and hints. Each month has red text heading and Sundays along with multi-colored special day graphics, other text or numbers are black. As...
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£20.34£14.23
America Eats: Forms of Edible Art
by Weaver, William Woys
New York: Harper & Row/ Perennial Library, 1989. Stated First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +. Connects what is known about American folk cooking -- the implements, the ideas, the recipes, and the cooking techniques -- with what these things have meant to American cooks, folk and sophisticated." -- from the flap of the book. With 50 color and 40 black and white illustrations. Book also includes 42 folk recipes. Book is in very good condition with ligth edge wear and mild bumping. Rear top corner...
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£5.69
A Guide in Planning Meals and Cook Book of Choice Prize Tested Recipes
by Sims, Maude E. (Home Economic Director of Southwest Utility Ice Company)
Oklahoma: Southwest Utility Ice Company. Very Good-. N.D.. Softcover. Original stiff paper wrap. Saddle Staple Binding. Black graphic cover. Title on cover: The home cook book. Circa 1931. 90 [6] pages. Advertisements scattered throughout book. The cover is toned along all extremities and has a one inch spine split. Corner tips are worn otherwise a clean, tight copy in exceptional condition. Laid in is a single, 6.25 X 4" sheet advert with photo graphic of a candy display: "Zion 1931 Hot...
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The Original Sugar plum Fairy Holiday Recipe Book. (And) Inner School's Secret Holiday Menu of Recipes that Got A "Way"
by Emerson Junior High Inner School
Very Good. N.D.. First Editions. Softcover. Both cook books are c.1970's with original white paper wraps with stapled bindings. Typed with hand drawn embellishment. Presumed mimeograph copied. Both are products intended for fund raising. Sugar Plum Fairy: featuring over sixty outstanding recipe ideas stolen from America's best kitchens including drinks, party foods, breads, cookies, cakes, candies and other holiday specialties. An Emerson Junior High Inner School Product. 47 pages. Table...
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£16.27£11.39
Health Movement Review
by Walker, Norman W., editor
St. George, Utah: Health Movement Review, 1955. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Staplebound. A journal dedicated to vegetarianism and humanitarism. The editor, Norman Wardhaugh Walker (4 January 1886, Italy - 6 June 1985, Cottonwood, Arizona) was a British businessman and pioneer in the field of vegetable juicing and nutritional health. The keynote address transcription in the journal is from Madam Clarence Gasque, attributed as the Leader of the International...
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£40.67
The Best Midwest Restaurant Cooking
by Guthrie, Margaret E
Association Copy - "To Tim (last name) good friends Bon Appetit! Buon Appetito! Margaret E. Guthrie" Book Near Fine - chips along bottom edge of actual book. DJ VG-, worn w/small tears along top & bottom edge with small prieces misiing. Backside has about a 2" tear with crease where it folded over. Main portion of dj. okay.
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£16.23
