Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Cookbooks, Community Cookbooks, Charity Cookbooks, Culinary History, Foodways, Menus, Baking, Regional Cooking, Coffee and Tea,Beer, Wine & Spiritous Liquors, Nutrition, Restaurants, Taverns and Bars, Cocktails, Etc.
Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Cookbooks, Community Cookbooks, Charity Cookbooks, Culinary History, Foodways, Menus, Baking, Regional Cooking, Coffee and Tea,Beer, Wine & Spiritous Liquors, Nutrition, Restaurants, Taverns and Bars, Cocktails, Etc.
![3731962] $100 Prize Essays. How and What to Grow in the South for Northern Markets… [opening...](/pictures/thumb/3731962_1.jpg?v=1654369618)
Four prize essays written by J.E. Rue of Littleton, North Carolina, James Moss of Westminster, Orange County, California (2), and George F. Roessler of Philadelphia..... Read More about $100 Prize Essays. How and What to Grow in the South for Northern Markets… [opening lines
![3731607] How to Earn a Bicycle. [ca. 1897 bicycle-themed labor prospectus]. Manager W W. Thomas](/pictures/thumb/3731607_1.jpg?v=1652720764)
During the bicycle craze of the 1890s, a solicitation for canvassing agents to earn “a Wheel of all Wheels” by selling Grapeine brand cream of..... Read More about How to Earn a Bicycle. [ca. 1897 bicycle-themed labor prospectus
![3731606] How to Earn a Wheel. [ca. 1897 bicycle-themed labor prospectus]. W W. Thomas](/pictures/thumb/3731606_1.jpg?v=1652720763)
During the bicycle craze of the 1890s, a solicitation for canvassing agents to “earn a wheel” by selling vanilla flavoring and roasted coffee prepared by..... Read More about How to Earn a Wheel. [ca. 1897 bicycle-themed labor prospectus
![3731488] Why Not Try Them. [advertising rebus]. Woolson Spice Company](/pictures/thumb/3731488_1.jpg?v=1652720763)
A broadside with two rebus puzzles for Lion Coffee, a popular coffee brand made by the Woolson Spice Company of Toledo, Ohio, and Kansas City..... Read More about Why Not Try Them. [advertising rebus
![3731511] Chocolate Milk in America: An 1896 Handwritten Patent for Processing Cocoa by Carl Rach...](/pictures/thumb/3731511_1.jpg?v=1650996317)
This 1896 patent for powdered chocolate milk beverages is handwritten in German and English. The patent, 17153, was issued to Carl Rach by the Imperial..... Read More about Chocolate Milk in America: An 1896 Handwritten Patent for Processing Cocoa by Carl Rach of Chicago
![3731225] [Norit Process Sugar Refining] “Norit” a Jeho Upotrebení v Repném Prumyslu...](/pictures/thumb/3731225_1.jpg?v=1642439160)
Czech-language trade literature for “Norit” a proprietary activated carbon used in the sugar beet industry to whiten refined granulated sugar and remove contaminants. Half tone..... Read More about Norit Process Sugar Refining] “Norit” a Jeho Upotrebení v Repném Prumyslu Cukrovarnickém....
![3730707] Ladies’ Aid Cookie Book. Mrs. John Schmidt](/pictures/thumb/3730707_1.jpg?v=1630610189)
Unrecorded in OCLC. A Second World War-era recipe book from Indiana and devoted to all-things-cookie; a collection of recipes by the women of this local..... Read More about Ladies’ Aid Cookie Book
![3730706] Best Things from Cooks. A Collection of Fine South Jersey Recipes. Bridgeton Hospital....](/pictures/thumb/3730706_1.jpg?v=1630610188)
One copy recorded in OCLC for this regional southern New Jersey cook book. Modestly illustrated and with local adverts. [Bridgeton, N.J.] : Women’s Board of..... Read More about Best Things from Cooks. A Collection of Fine South Jersey Recipes
![3730704] Suburban Cookie Book. Sponsored by Christian Women’s Fellowship. Christian Church....](/pictures/thumb/3730704_1.jpg?v=1630610187)
An unrecorded cookbook that should be inspiring to those who love cookies. The advertisements in the back are from the communities of Stanford and Minier..... Read More about Suburban Cookie Book. Sponsored by Christian Women’s Fellowship. Christian Church. Stanford,...
![3730703] From Aunt Lillie’s Pantry Shelf. Jean Stoneback](/pictures/thumb/3730703_1.jpg?v=1630610187)
An unrecorded cook book described as a “homesteader book” of Pennsylvania Dutch and Colonial Recipes. [Pennsylvania. Self-published by Barbara Loeffler]. 1977. 100 pages. 8vo. Wrappers..... Read More about From Aunt Lillie’s Pantry Shelf
![3730702] The Inter-Borough Press Cook Book. Favorite Recipes of Outstanding Cooks of the Twin...](/pictures/thumb/3730702_1.jpg?v=1632351965)
A community cook book printed in double column format and listing the names and addresses of the contributors, the majority women. Spring City and Royersford..... Read More about The Inter-Borough Press Cook Book. Favorite Recipes of Outstanding Cooks of the Twin Boroughs,...
![3730698] Eskimo Cook Book Prepared by Students of Shishmaref Day School, Shishmaref, Alaska....](/pictures/thumb/3730698_1.jpg?v=1630610186)
Charity or community cookbook of native foods compiled by Eskimo school children for the benefit of children with physical disabilities. Their teacher explains that “I..... Read More about Eskimo Cook Book Prepared by Students of Shishmaref Day School, Shishmaref, Alaska. [cover title
![3730694] Young Ladies’ Bible Class Cook Book of St. Paul’s Methodist Church Geigertown, Pa....](/pictures/thumb/3730694_1.jpg?v=1630610185)
Community cook book issued by women of St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Geigertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania. With numerous advertisements for food, cooking, and related services..... Read More about Young Ladies’ Bible Class Cook Book of St. Paul’s Methodist Church Geigertown, Pa. [cover title
![3730693] Favorite Recipes by the Former Mothers’ Class, Reprinted by The Primary Dept. Trinity...](/pictures/thumb/3730693_1.jpg?v=1630610185)
Community cookbook issued by Sunday School mothers of Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church in Terre Hill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This copy showing evidence of use in..... Read More about Favorite Recipes by the Former Mothers’ Class, Reprinted by The Primary Dept. Trinity...
![3730785] Delicacies Compiled by the Philochristus Circle of the Presbyterian Church (Munn Avenue)...](/pictures/thumb/3730785_1.jpg?v=1628445868)
Cakes, desserts, pies and ices. Recipes for all are found within this unrecorded and rare New Jersey cookbook. The names of each recipe-provider is stated..... Read More about Delicacies Compiled by the Philochristus Circle of the Presbyterian Church (Munn Avenue) East...
![3730768] Vant, Cook & Co.’s Patent Centrifugal Corn Sheller and Cleaner [caption title]. Cook...](/pictures/thumb/3730768_1.jpg?v=1628445868)
A more elaborate advertisement for this industrialized method of corn processing which are described in great detail. The machine could be ordered from Munson Brothers..... Read More about Vant, Cook & Co.’s Patent Centrifugal Corn Sheller and Cleaner [caption title
![3730767] Vant, Cook & Co.‘s Patent Centrifugal Corn Sheller and Cleaner [caption title]. Cook...](/pictures/thumb/3730767_1.jpg?v=1628445868)
The virtues and mechanisms of this industrialized method of corn processing are described in great detail. The machine could be ordered from Munson Brothers, agents..... Read More about Vant, Cook & Co.‘s Patent Centrifugal Corn Sheller and Cleaner [caption title
![3730682] English Bread and Yeast Cookery. Introduction and Notes for the American Cook By Karen...](/pictures/thumb/3730682_1.jpg?v=1632596700)
Collection of bread recipes using various flours and yeasts compiled by English cookery expert and food historian Elizabeth David (1913–1992), “the best writer on food..... Read More about English Bread and Yeast Cookery. Introduction and Notes for the American Cook By Karen Hess
![3730681] English Cooking. A New Approach. Rupert Croft-Cooke](/pictures/thumb/3730681_1.jpg?v=1632596700)
A delightful, literary work on English cooking and foods, with recipes incidental. The book is dedicated to playwright and wit Noel Coward. London: W.H. Allen..... Read More about English Cooking. A New Approach
![3730680] Dining with William Shakespeare. Madge Lorwin](/pictures/thumb/3730680_1.jpg?v=1632333910)
Combination Elizabethan cook book and 16th century English social commentary. The author has compiled 13 complete Elizabethan feast menus based upon quotations from Shakespeare’s plays..... Read More about Dining with William Shakespeare
![3730644] The Carbondale Cook Book of Tried and Tested Recipes. Methodist Episcopal Church, Pa....](/pictures/thumb/3730644_1.jpg?v=1628557463)
Rare edition of this Pennsylvania cookbook, prepared by the young lady workers of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Carbondale, Pennsylvania. One copy located at Syracuse..... Read More about The Carbondale Cook Book of Tried and Tested Recipes
![3729794] [1832 Yonkers, New York Tavern-Keepers’s Bond; Partly Printed Document]. Caleb Smith,...](/pictures/thumb/3729794_1.jpg?v=1608257644)
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York tavern-keeper’s bond issued to Caleb Smith and John Williams. Smith is particularly enjoined to ensure that the inn or tavern..... Read More about 1832 Yonkers, New York Tavern-Keepers’s Bond; Partly Printed Document
![3729285] [C.1894–1901 Naches Valley, Yakima, Washington Hop Ranch Photograph by E.L. Meyer]. E...](/pictures/thumb/3729285_1.jpg?v=1601498612)
Occupational photograph of hop pickers in Yakima, Washington taken by Washington State photographer Edward L. Meyer. The caption within the image reads: “W.R. Stewart’s Hop..... Read More about C.1894–1901 Naches Valley, Yakima, Washington Hop Ranch Photograph by E.L. Meyer
![3728404] [Sixteen Letters, 1865 to 1886, Incoming to Captain Daniel Tracy (1815-1888), “The...](/pictures/thumb/3728404_1.jpg?v=1579546258)
Captain Daniel Tracy (1815-1888) was known as “The Seaman’s Friend” as he devoted his time establishing safe houses for mariners (first in New York City..... Read More about Sixteen Letters, 1865 to 1886, Incoming to Captain Daniel Tracy (1815-1888), “The Seaman’s...
![3729068] Welcome. Retain this Invitation… [Advertisement Card for Tropical Beer of Cuba]. Nueva...](/pictures/thumb/3729068_1.jpg?v=1576019299)
Trade card for the Cuban brewery, Nueva Fabrica de Hielo, makers of Tropical Beer. Their trade card offered an invitation to the company’s tropical gardens..... Read More about Welcome. Retain this Invitation… [Advertisement Card for Tropical Beer of Cuba
