Cooking & Food
Rhymed Receipts for Any Occasion
In addition to being amusing, recipes written in a poetic form were easy to remember and used as learning tools for the young housekeeper. M…
The History of Bread
From ancient flatbreads cooked on hot stones to the fluffy loaves of the early 20th century, Ashton explores how bread rose alongside human …
The Art Of Cookery Made Plain And Easy
Although this recording has been made using the 1784 version, the original book of The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy was first publish…
Perfumes and their Preparation
Most of us take for granted the sense of smell. It gives pleasure, warning, anticipation and a sense of nostalgia. People have used perfumes…
Grandma's Recipes for Mother and Daughter
Published by the American Molasses Company, this collection of recipes features molasses for all types of cooking including meats, vegetable…
The New York Cake Book
Starting with general instructions on making cakes we have "fifty recipes from a famous New York Chef." from Almond Cake to Strawb…
Money-Saving Main Dishes
This is Home and Garden Bulletin No. 43 from the Human Nutrition Research Division and Consumer and Food Economics Research Division Agricul…
A Handbook of Fish Cookery
This is a very practical book concerning the cooking of fish. The author does not limit herself simply to recipes, but also adds sound advic…
Tea and Tea Drinking
Not a complete history of tea, but a pleasant diversion concerning tea, the pleasures found in its drinking, effects, benefits, cautions, et…
365 Foreign Dishes
Starters, main courses and desserts from around the world, one dish for every day of the year. From Turkey to China, from India to England, …
Common Sense in the Household
This is a practical guide to running a household in 1883. Marion Harland not only walks us through a number of important topics such as how …
Mushrooms and Toadstools
This is a useful, but not comprehensive description of both edible and poisonous fungi found in Great Britain. Although the book is well ill…
The Natural History of Chocolate
The Natural History of Chocolate being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Exc…
The Complete Confectioner
The original version of Hannah Glasse’s ‘The Complete Confectioner’ was first produced about 1760 but the publication referenced here is fro…
Choice Cookery
Choice cookery is not intended for households that have to study economy, except where economy is a relative term; where, perhaps, the house…
The Calumet Book of Oven Triumphs!
Published by the General Foods Corporation, featuring Calumet Baking baking powder, these recipes cover a variety of baked goods from biscui…
Modern Domestic Cookery
As there is scarce an individual who is not aware of the comfort resulting from a regular and cleanly meal, it may appear to many labor lost…
The New Dr. Price Cookbook
This cookbook was published by the Royal Baking Powder Co. to promote the use of Dr. Price's Phosphate Baking Powder in a broad range of rec…
Cocoa and Chocolate
As that heavenly bit of chocolate melts in our mouths, we give little thought as to where it came from, the arduous work that went in to its…
The Mary Frances Cook Book
Another of the charming Mary Frances books, this one 'Among the Kitchen People', where young girls are encouraged to be mother's helper's in…