Billings, MT: Yellowstone Art Center. 1976. A Very Good Spiral Bound Book. This community cookbook, a unique combination of art by regional artists and marvelous but hard to find recipes by local women, is offered as a very special item to the general public by the Art Center Associates. The.....
Waverly, Ohio: G & R Publishing Company, 1983. Recipes notated with the contributors name.
A book of recipes - "a number of them hitherto unpublished" - presented to promote buying a home and moving to Cooper City, Florida.Background Information:Cooper City is a city in Broward County, Florida. The city is named for Morris Cooper, who founded the community in 1959.
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Minnosota: Walter's Publishing Company, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Spiral-bound with Stiff Wraps. A delightful mid-century community cookbook with home-style recipes. The main courses include many that are seafood. The Beaches Leader newspaper Jacksonville Beach, FL. Each recipe has the contributor's name.
London: W. J. Bush & Co., 1925. Ninth Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Contains detailed descriptions and recipes for making mineral drinks, wine and beer. Many recipes with various fruits and Vegetables A scarce title with only three Institutional holdings, other editions have similar numbers.Background Information:In 1850/52 the business was founded by.....
Mass: Cookbook Publishers Inc, 1980. Home-style recipes from St. Anne's Parrish Fiskdale, Mass.
by the author, 2004. Stapled Wraps. Background information, recipes which have been modernized and historical research.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT —During the 1950s and 1960s, commodity groups such as the American Dairy Association produced millions of small-format cookbooks to shape consumer habits. These publications promoted specific ingredients not only through recipes but through messaging centered on health, economy, and modern living, helping define the structure of the American.....
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Janesville, WI: Gazette Printing Company, 1977. This specialized culinary guide that focuses on preparing game and wild-caught foods. The book offers practical, detailed recipes for a wide range of wildlife, including birds, fish, and small game, reflecting both traditional techniques and innovative approaches to outdoor cooking. The author provides clear instructions.....
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New York: Clarkson Potter, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. A collection of 32 sophisticated yet easy menus featuring soup as a main course. Delicious recipes for both hot- and cold-weather soups are accompanied by unusual appetizers, tasty breads, and luscious desserts. 118 full-color.....
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, America's first common-carrier railroad, was famous for the quality of its passenger service and dining operations. This booklet reflects the period when railroads actively cultivated employee loyalty through company publications and promotional materials. It also preserves recipes associated with the celebrated dining-car tradition.....
HISTORICAL CONTEXT —Produced during a period when American food culture was rapidly expanding beyond traditional domestic fare, promotional cookbooks such as this served as both instructional guides and marketing tools. By combining recipes with redeemable coupons, publishers created an interactive relationship between the kitchen and the supermarket, encouraging brand loyalty.....
New York: Time Life Education, 1998. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Part cookbook, part travelogue, this is a culinary celebration of the Italian country-side its farms and vineyards as well as its people and culture gathering seasonal Italian recipes for antipasto, breads, soups, salads, meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables.....
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. HISTORICAL CONTEXT / SIGNIFICANCE —This volume marks an early consolidation of James Beard’s influence as a national culinary authority. His emphasis on approachable technique and broad culinary curiosity helped redefine American cooking in the mid-20th century.For collectors, the intersection of.....
USA: Turquoise Moon Press, 2019. A Fine Soft cover. A Hastiness of Cooks is not just for chefs and cooks. Living-history interpreters, battle reenactors, writers of fiction and nonfiction, historical archaeologists, historians, artists, and just about anyone interested in how people cooked and ate in the past will find much.....
Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. John Besh became one of the most visible culinary ambassadors for New Orleans in the years following Hurricane Katrina, positioning regional cooking as both cultural preservation and community rebuilding. My Family Table shifts from restaurant-centered cuisine toward domestic cooking, emphasizing.....
Historical Context —The Borden Company was one of the most influential American dairy producers of the 20th century, widely recognized for its consumer-facing marketing and educational materials. Booklets such as this were distributed to promote dairy consumption while reinforcing the role of milk and related products as essential components of.....
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HISTORICAL CONTEXT —Produced during the peak era of American convenience-food marketing, Carnation’s promotional cookbooks helped shape mid-century domestic cooking habits through supermarket distribution and recipe-based advertising. These ephemeral culinary booklets increasingly attract collectors for their nostalgic food imagery, graphic design, and documentary insight into postwar American kitchen culture.Subjects: Carnation Milk.....
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1947. Hereward Carrington was a well-known British-born American investigator of psychic phenomena and author. His subjects included several of the most high-profile cases of apparent psychic ability of his times, and he wrote over 100 books on subjects including the paranormal and psychical research, conjuring and.....
New York: Gotham Books, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Crediting Beaujolais' success to an enterprising French winemaker, Georges Duboeuf, Chelminski's narrative uncovers how Duboeuf's public-relations coup in promoting the release of the new vintage has paradoxically cheapened Beaujolais in the minds of some oenophiles. Wine-book collections.....
Ohio: Bordon, Inc., [LeHigh Press], 1987. Second Edition. Spine covered metal spiral bound.
Historical Context —Promotional cookbooks like this were a cornerstone of mid-20th-century American food marketing. Companies such as Colonial Molasses Co., operating out of New Orleans and Brooklyn, positioned molasses as both a traditional and economical sweetener during a period when home baking remained central to domestic life.These booklets reflect a......
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Saint Lewis: Western Printing, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Soft cover. The Saint Louis Cookbook, Bicentennial Edition presents a collection of favorite recipes selected from friends of the St. Louis Symphony - music lovers, orchestra musicians, celebrities', local restaurateurs (Noonday Club, Stix, Baer and Fuller) and a......
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Geneva, NY: Press of W.F. Humphrey, 1895. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth Hardcover. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE -- Charity cookbooks of the late 19th century were the primary engine for women’s local philanthropy. The 'Geneva Cook Book' is a standout example, as it funded the Medical and Surgical Hospital in a city already.....
New York: Old Mr. Boston Distiller Corporation, 1970. A Fine Hardcover. Mr. Boston Official Bartender's Guide, used by both professional and home bartenders as the 'Bible of Booze.' The Guide was first published 1935 (some sources state 1931), the early days after the Repeal of Prohibition, when the distillery started.....