Vintage & Collectible Cookbooks

Softcover. New York, Fleischmann & Co., 1893, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 47 pages, printed in brown ink, black textured paper wrappers with gilt lettering. Mostly baking recipes from the famous yeast maker. String tie binding a little frayed but overall very good.

Hardcover. Berkeley, Ten Speed Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 278 pages. Lovely photographs, tempting recipes. Lebovitz is known for creating desserts with bold, high-impact flavor, not fussy complicated presentations.

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 273 pages, color and b&w illustrations. Here are the kinds of recipes you'd find if you visited the Woods family's home. Sylvia's daughter Bedelia is well known for her Barbecued Beef Short Ribs, which are as sassy and spicy as Bedelia herself. Kenneth, Sylvia's youngest son, has loved to fish ever since he was a child, spending his summers by the fishing hole in Hemingway. Now Kenneth's son, DeSean, enjoys fishing, too. Kenneth's Honey Lemon Tilefish, DeSean's favorite, is just one of Kenneth's special recipes presented here. And there are many, many other wonderful dishes, too. In this remarkable cookbook, Sylvia has gathered more than 125 soul food classics, including mouthwatering recipes for okra, collard greens, Southern-style pound cakes, hearty meat and seafood stews and casseroles, salads, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and more. These recipes are straight from the heart of the Woods community of family and friends.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in a bright pictorial boards, 208 pages, color plates. The queen of American Jewish cooking (Houston Chronicle) revises her children's classic for a new generation. In Jewish tradition, holidays are a time for family and feasting, and for Joan Nathan, nothing embodies the holiday spirit more than cooking delicious festive favorites with friends and loved ones. When her own children were young, Nathan published the first version of this book, which covers nine Jewish holidays and includes step-by-step instructions for kids and their families to prepare accessible feasts. Now she updates a beloved go-to resource for her grand-children's generation (Out with the Pot Roast! In with the Tahini Shakes!) and adds a heaping helping of new recipes. Included are dishes old and new, traditional and novel, and mouthwatering recipes that everyone will enjoy, from Moroccan Apricot Chicken and Chicken Schnitzel Tenders to Mushroom Kreplach Dumplings and Veggie Quiche.Included are essays on the history of Jewish holidays, instructions for how to celebrate them, and craft activities such as making challah covers and candlesticks. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Gourmet , 1st, 1958, Hardcover, cream colored buckram with Italian crest to front and spine; gilt title to spine. 593 pages with b&w photographs and illustrations by the author. SIGNED BY CHAMBERLAIN on the front fly leaf. Recipes translated from the Italian and adapted by Narcissa Chamberlain. Samuel V. Chamberlain (1895-1975) was an author, illustrator, photographer and artist who occasionally wrote under the pseudonym Phineas Beck. His works include books on historical architecture, interiors, fashion illustration, and cookbooks. White cloth covers soiled, Interior clean.

Hardcover. NY, Simon and Schuster, 5th pr., 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, A Complete Guide to Fine Cooking for Beginner and Expert, Containing 1217 Recipes and Over 400 Color Pictures. Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket that opens up to a color poster illustrated by the Provensens, unclipped with $5.00 price. Brown cloth boards with green lettering along spine, color illustration on front cover. No date on title page, 5th printing stated on copyright page. This is Beard's fourth -- but his first "general" cook book. 322 pages with 2-color and full color illustrations throughout by Alice and Martin Provensen. Gutters cracked (front partially), minor wear and chipping to dust jacket. No markings.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Lippincott Company, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front flyleaf. A Cape Cod cook book. Light foxing to fore edge copy. Very small tear to dust jacket lower spine. Faint yellowing to rear dust jacket top edge. Decorative staining to top edge copy block. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Hardcover. San Francisco, CA, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 239 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Decorated cover boards, very good. Yellow ribbon bookmark attached top of spine. Pages and edges clean and bright. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful condition. This is the story of he world's most traveled sourdough as told by Malin Elmlid, the globe-trotting baker and founder of the Bread Exchange, who trades her handmade bread for family recipes, treasured experiences, and objects that have special meaning to all who trade with her.

Hardcover. Boston, Estes and Lauriat, 1894, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 405 pages, an early edition, originally published in 1893. Illustrated in b&w. Covers with light edgewear, spine darkened, previous owner's name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. A tight, attractive copy of this vintage cook book.

Hardcover. NY, Greenberg Publisher, 1st, 1932, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in yellow cloth with green lettering and design, 416 pages, b&w illustrations. Covers worn, soiled. This was a generic cook book which was sold through various department stores. The title was altered to fit the store that was distributing it (ie: The Emporium's Modern Cook Book...) Names on front fly leaf.

Softcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 280 pages. This entertaining and social history of women and cooking at the turn of the 20th century is laced with sly humor and lucid insight. The author uncovers our ancestors' widespread obsession with food, and tells readers why we think as we do about food today. The most memorable of the culinary movers was Fannie Farmer, whose cookbook was published in a modest 3000-copy edition in 1896. Stories about Farmer and other domestic scientists of the period add strong appeal to Shapiro's report. So do the parallels between early feminists and today's advocates of equal rights. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover in a worn and chipped dust jacket with small chunks gone, $2.50 on flap. Pictorial cloth in color mimics the dj. This is the first edition with 1942 on title page and "A" on the copyright page. Cross Creek Cookery was compiled by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings at the request of readers who wanted to recreate the luscious meals described in Cross Creek -- her famous memoir of life in a Florida hamlet. Lovers of old-fashioned, down-home cooking will treasure the recipes for Grits, Hush-Puppies, Florida Fried Fish, Orange Fluff, and Utterly Deadly Southern Pecan Pie. For more adventuresome palates, there are such unusual dishes as Minorcan Gopher Stew, Coot Surprise, Alligator-Tail Steak, Mayhaw Jelly, and Chef Huston's Cream of Peanut Soup. 230 pages with b&w drawings by Robert Camp. No markings.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company , 1st, 1973, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 297 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to dust jacket with slight tear to center of rear flap. Nice reading copy.

Hardcover. Brookline, MA, America's Test Kitchen, 1st Edition, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 515 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, very good. Small notes written in by previous owner in a few places, doesn't obscure text or illustrations, pages and edges clean otherwise. Binding tight, spine straight. Decorated cover boards, pristine.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John E. Potter and co, 1st, 1871, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 416 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black embossed decoration on front cover with moderate soil and abrasions. Front hinge cracked, with gutter cracks throughout. Covers and spine show fraying and edgewear.

Softcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 2nd pr., 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 421 pages, b&w illustrations. Located only blocks from Tokyo's glittering Ginza, Tsukiji-the world's largest marketplace for seafood-is a prominent landmark, well known but little understood by most Tokyoites: a supplier for countless fishmongers and sushi chefs, and a popular and fascinating destination for foreign tourists. Early every morning, the worlds of hi-tech and pre-tech trade noisily converge as tens of thousands of tons of seafood from every ocean of the world quickly change hands. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 385 pages, color illustrations. James Beard Award-winning chefs Jody Williams and Rita Sodi share the secrets of their beloved restaurant, which has become synonymous with New York City's Greenwich Village. Since 2014, Via Carota has been a destination for food lovers, celebrities, and well-informed travelers because of its impeccable Italian fare. Emphasizing vegetables and seasonal cooking, the dishes that come out of Williams and Sodi's kitchen are astonishing in their simplicity yet dazzling in their elegance. Now, with this beautiful, deeply personal cookbook, they share the keys to cooking Via Carota's traditional (but not too traditional) cuisine at home. Clean copy.

Softcover. Jersey Central Power & Light Co., 3rd pr., 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled wraps, 37 pages. Clean copy.

Softcover. Nashua NH, White Mountain Freezer Co., 1st, 1893, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages, small (4 3/8" X 5 3/4") stapled booklet, light gray paper wrappers. Faint dime size stain to bottom of front cover otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Wiley, revised ed., 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 276 pages. This guide to artisan bread-baking, fully updated in a new edition, provides information on making breads at home for a fraction of the store-bought cost, and includes basic bread baking techniques and the required ingredients and equipment.

Hardcover. NY, Grove Press, 2nd pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In this immensely learned and attractive book, Visser gives a chapter to each of the nine ingredients of a simple dinner: corn with salt and butter, chicken with rice, lettuce with olive oil and lemon juice, ice cream. Each of these foods has a "weird, passionate, often savage history of its own," which she relates in spirited prose, rich in surprising facts, unexpected connections, and a well-documented outrage at what modern technology and agribusiness have done to purity and quality. This presents a remarkable amount of information seamlessly and entertainingly. Stated First Edition but lowest in number line is 2. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Murdoch Books, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial cloth, 231 pages, color plates. Melbourne food people and out of towners in the know quickly formed a queue at Andreas Papadakis's tiny city eatery when word of his astonishingly good pasta got out. What could this unassuming Greek chef's secret be, they wondered - he's not even Italian! Here, at last, across 80-plus recipes, Andreas welcomes loyal fans and readers into the Tipo 00 vault and shows them how it's possible to recreate the magic at home. Covering different fresh pasta techniques, shapes and sauces, and including step-by steps, Tipo 00, the book, is a master-class for anyone who wants to revolutionize their pasta game. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, John Wiley & Sons, 3rd Ed., 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light gray cloth with blue lettering, 611 pages with index. A detailed study of cooking from a scientific point of view. Charts, tables, a few b&w illustrations. Light fading to covers, bookplate on inside front cover otherwise clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Fox Duffield & Co., 1st, 1904, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 350 pages, 13 pages of b&w photographs (12 African American portraits by A.L. Coburn). Textured blue cloth covers with dark blue lettering and ruled design. Some light soiling and wear to covers and spine. Internally clean, a few dog-eared pages.

Hardcover. New York, Smithsonian Books, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 253 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, inside and out. Tight binding, sharp corners, illustrations in bw, a nice copy.

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, Reprint, 2008, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 242 pages. Hardcover. Photographs by Mark Luinenburg. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Blue cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages and edges clean and bright. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful, like new condition. Now you can fill your kitchen with the irresistible aromas of a French bakery every day with just five minutes of active preparation time, and this book will show you how.

Softcover. St. Louis MO, Wrought Iron Range Co., reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 212 pages, stiff black card covers. Reprint edition of this combined cookbook and trade catalogue, which changed slightly with each change in stove models. The Model "AB" is the most recent stove depicted on page 12 (circa 1924). Includes recipes for breakfast, beverages, bread, dinner, salads, puddings, and household hints. Prior to and following the recipes is a variety of promotional information about the Wrought Iron Range Company. Illustrated product lists for stoves and accessories, company history, features about prizes and awards, an illustration of their exhibit at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, as well as references for businesses currently using their products. Previous owner's name on last blank page. Otherwise clean. Binding a little shakey but holding.

Hardcover. Ten Speed Press, 5th pr., 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, 348 pages. A lushly photographed cookbook and travelogue showcasing the regional cuisines of the Alps, including 80 recipes for the elegant, rustic dishes served in the chalets and mountain huts situated among the alpine peaks of Italy, Austria, Switzerland, and France.A passionate exploration of all things Alpine . . . this one is a must-have for every ski bum foodie. Like new condition. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Softcover. New Orleans LA, Hope Publications, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled wrappers, 80 pages, b&w illustrations. Original recipes of many Louisiana hostesses and famous New Orleans restaurants. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, white, red & blue decorative cloth covers, no dust jacket. First Edition stated on copyright page. Here, from Julia Child and Simone Beck, is the sequel to the cooking classic that has inspired a whole American generation to new standards of culinary taste and artistry. On the principle that "mastering any art is a continuing process;" they themselves continued, during the years since the publication of the now~celebrated Volume One, to search out and sample new recipes among the classic dishes and regional specialties of France ~ cooking, conferring, tasting, revising, perfecting. Out of their discoveries they have made, for Volume Two, a brilliant selection of precisely those recipes that will not only add to the repertory but will, above all, bring the reader to a yet higher level of mastering the art of French cooking. This second volume enables Americans, working with American ingredients, in American kitchens, to achieve those incomparable flavors and aromas that bring up a rush of memories ~ of lunch at a country inn in Provence, of an evening at a great Paris restaurant, of the essential cooking of France. Clean copy.

Softcover. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 286 pages. Kitchen Culture in America is a collection of essays that examine how women's roles have been shaped by the principles and practice of consuming and preparing food. Exploring popular representations of food and gender in American society from 1895 to 1970, these essays argue that kitchen culture accomplishes more than just passing down cooking skills and well-loved recipes from generation to generation. Kitchen culture instructs women about how to behave like "correctly" gendered beings. One chapter reveals how juvenile cookbooks, a popular genre for over a century, have taught boys and girls not only the basics of cooking, but also the fine distinctions between their expected roles as grown men and women. Several essays illuminate the ways in which food manufacturers have used gender imagery to define women first and foremost as consumers. Other essays, informed by current debates in the field of material culture, investigate how certain commodities like candy, which in the early twentieth century was advertised primarily as a feminine pleasure, have been culturally constructed. The book also takes a look at the complex relationships among food, gender, class, and race or ethnicity-as represented, for example, in the popular Southern black Mammy figure. In all of the essays, Kitchen Culture in America seeks to show how food serves as a marker of identity in American society. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Great Britain, Octopus Publishing Group, Reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Softcover, French Flaps. color illustrations throughout. Text and photography by Dan Lepard. Binding tight. Pages clean and bright. Wrapper glossy, very good. A collection of recipes, personal stories and photographs that capture the breads and home bakers of Europe.

Hardcover. Chicago, Walter M. Hill, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 300 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Covers chipped espcially on rear and faded. Internally clean, tight. Pages uncut and show some rubbing. Soil to bottom page block.

Hardcover. Urbana IL, AOCS Press , 3rd pr., 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 490 pages, b&w illustrations. Includes summary of the basic principles of edible oil refining, processing, and deodorizing, serving as a hands-on training manual for chemists, engineers, and managers new to the industry. The 15-chapter book includes current information on the bleaching of green oils and coconut oil, quality requirements for frying oil applications, and more. Written for the non-chemist new to the industry, the book makes it simple to apply these important concepts for the edible oil industry: Provides insights to the challenges of bleaching very green oils./ Includes new deodorizer designs and performance measures./ Offers insights on frying oil quality management./ Simple and easy-to-read language. Clean, bright copy, no markings.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 214 pages. Alcohol and caffeine are deeply woven into the fabric of life for most of the world's population, as close and as comfortable as a cup of coffee or a can of beer. Yet for most people they remain as mysterious and unpredictable as the spirits they were once thought to be. Now, in Buzz, Stephen Braun takes us on a myth-shattering tour of these two popular substances, one that blends fascinating science with colorful lore, and that includes cameo appearances by Shakespeare and Balzac, Buddhist monks and Arabian goat herders, even Mikhail Gorbachev and David Letterman (who once quipped, "If it weren't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever"). Clean copy.

Softcover. Johnstown NY, Charles B. Knox Gelatine Company, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Color wrapper with an illustration on the front cover that shows a woman with a concerned look on her face as she looks at her reading on a scale while a Scottish terrier looks up at her with its forepaws also the scale. Back cover has an illustration of a Knox Sparkling Gelatine box with a cow on it. 4 1/2" x 6." Twenty-two pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Some of the recipes come with illustrations. Inside of front cover has a table showing the "proper" weight for men and women based on age and height. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. This is a recipe book for desserts that use Knox Gelatine. Clean copy.

Softcover. New York , Royal Baking Powder Co., 1st, 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 44 pages, color lithographed wrappers, bright and clean.

Hardcover. Andrews McMeel , 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 373 pages. In Bread Matters, Andrew Whitley, professional organic baker, founder of Bread Matters, and cofounder of the Real Bread Campaign, exposes the terrible state of modern commercial bread and shares his recipes for making great, nutritious bread at home. Using the skills he has amassed during more than 25 years as a professional bread baker, Whitley clearly explains the process in detailed discussions of the tools, ingredients, methods, and tricks of the breadmaking trade. He also offers more than 50 foolproof recipes for all types of bread, including yeast-free and gluten-free loaves, as well as uses for leftover crumbs once they've passed their prime. Bread Matters is an essential bread book for beginning and seasoned bakers alike. Once you see how easy it is to make your own delicious bread at home, you may never buy commercial bread again.

Hardcover. NY, Warner Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The saucy and often humorous memoir of New York magazine food critic Gael Greene. From the glamorous restaurants of Manhattan to the culinary shrines of France, Greene's fierce wit and sensuous prose reveal the humor, obsession, and insatiable desires behind fine dining. Greene's love for life and food shine through in the pages of this book. From her midwestern roots to her position as a powerful critic for one of New York's most respected magazines, Greene brings readers on a quest to satisfy an insatiable hunger. 368 pages, b&w photos. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Hardie Grant Books, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 255 pages, color illustrations. Following Benoit's guidance, you will make classic doughs, including puff pastry, choux pastry and brioche, learning how to create stand-out bakes with perfect texture and flavour. Try your hand at crispy, buttery Palmiers, classic viennoiseries like Pain aux Raisin, build pies and tarts including Tarte Tatin and Salted Caramel Millionaire Chocolate Tart, and make traditional offerings such as Coffee & Orange Creme Brulee and Macarons, as well as impressive recipes like Lemon & Grapefruit Dacquoise. With this masterclass from Chef Patissier at Le Manoir Aux QuatSaisons and judge of Bake Off: The Professionals, you will be inspired to create your own masterpieces at home. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Lincoln NE, Tea Table Mills, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover brochure, 80 pages, color illustrations. A cookbook using macaroni as the main ingredients. "The magic of macaroni in its endless combinations with all kinds of food." Discusses soups; meats; fish, seafoods & poultry; sauces; meatless main dishes; vegetable recipes; salads and desserts; cooking for the crowd. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Morristown NY, W.H. Comstock Co., n/a, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 30 pages with color lithographed paper wrappers. Recipes from the turn of the century interspersed with advertisements for their pills. Cover depicts Native American on horseback ready to spear an attacking bear. Brochure was once folded and has a mild crease in center. Overall, very good. No date but letters of recommendation inside dated 1895.