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WATKINS HOUSEHOLD HINTS plus ephemera.
Edition: Third edition
Racine, WI & Newark N.J Whitman Publishing Co./ J. R. Watkins Co,, 1941. dj. Hardcover - In addition to cooking and seasoning hints, this includes tips about the basement, laundry, kitchen, canning, house cleaning, garden, first aid, how to remove stains, household and garden insects and much more. Inside of jacket depicts the Watkins "city", office buildings, factories, a plane flying over, etc. Like Fuller Brush products, Watkins products were sold door-to-door, not in stores. Laid into this book is a receipt for the purchase of several Watkins items in 1945, a card that says "ask your Watkins dealer how you can get this book" and two flyers on Watkins / Mary King beauty products. Spiral bound. 246 pp. plus 18 pp index.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (front flap of dj detached but present, now protected by an archival cover.)
Book ID: 56144More details Price: $25.00 -
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF PARTIES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1932. dj. Hardcover first edition - Subtitled "including children's and adult's parties for every month of the year, formal and informal dinners, luncheons and teas, bridge parties, bridal showers, church festivals, etc, with original decorations, menus and games. The author is known for her party giving in Palm Beach, St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Florida. Photographs, recipes, including some large quantity recipes, index to games. 337 pp.
Condition: Very good in light blue cloth with black and gold lettering and illustration. Front flap of dustjacket laid in. Reprinted several times, but uncommon in the first edition.
Book ID: 34149More details Price: $25.00 -
A WOMAN'S PARADISE OF RECIPES: A Compilation of Recipes from the Kitchens of the Associated Women of Pepperdine.
Edition: First printing.
Mailbu, CA: Associated Women for Pepperdine University, (1962.). First edition - A complete array of recipes, including a rather brief international section, illustrated with small drawings, and with inspirational quotes interspersed throughout. 276 pp. ISBN: B000G9Z0PA.
Condition: Very near fine in a white comb binding, with stiff glossy white wrappers and a protective cover of clear stiff mylar. Uncommon.
Book ID: 38191More details Price: $25.00 -
MAMAN'S HOMESICK PIE: A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers boards (a new copy), no dust jacket as issued.
Book ID: 55566More details Price: $35.00 -
A COOK'S TOUR: In Search of the Perfect Meal.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 79849More details Price: $45.00 -
THE COFFEE COMPANION.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Boulder, CO: Entreper Press, 1992. A book on the pleasures of coffee drinking by the founder of Brothers Gourmet Coffees. Includes a brief description of some other good books about coffee at the end. ISBN: 0-82444-20009.
Condition: Very near fine.
Book ID: 21693More details Price: $9.50 -
ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR MENUS AND RECIPES: Recipes prepared especially for the General Electric Refrigerator.
Edition: Fifth edition.
Cleveland: General Electric Company, 1929. Originally published in 1927, this was one of the first and most popular of the instructional books on how to use the new electric refrigerators in preparing and saving foods. Small color illustrations throughout. 144 pages. Bound in silver and white paper covered boards with a turquoise cloth spine.
Condition: Good condition - some soiling to covers, and wear to edges of boards, corners somewhat bumped with underlying material showing thru.
Book ID: 13736More details Price: $12.00 -
MRS. GILPIN'S FRUGALITIES: Remnants, and 200 ways of Using Them.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883. Hardcover first edition - Even 130 years ago, Americans were known for their wasteful ways with food! This vintage cookbook is full of ideas of what to do with leftovers. Small oblong format, bound in color pictorial boards backed with a maroon cloth spine. 102 pp plus 2 pp ads.
Condition: Good condition overall - some soiling and wear to covers, tidemarks in the margins of most pages and near the gutter on the endpapers, but the binding and hinges are sturdy. Bookplate of poet and children's author Myra Cohn Livingston.
Book ID: 57602More details Price: $75.00 -
ADVENTURES IN WINE COOKERY By California Winemakers: A New Collection of Recipes.
Edition: Third printing.
Condition: Very good in stiff board covers, metal spiral binding.
Book ID: 35533More details Price: $14.00 -
HOW TO BE VEGAN.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.
New York Artisan (2014). SIGNED first edition - "A cookbook/guide packed with strategies and tips for what to wear, how to decorate, where to travel, even navigating relationships and parenthood as a vegan-plus 50 recipes of a plant-based diet." SIGNED opposite the title page with the comment "Happy reading and eating", Resources page, index. 224 pp. ISBN: 9781579655556.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with French flaps.
Book ID: 60746More details Price: $19.50 -
THE FRENCH CHEF COOKBOOK.
Edition: Paperback - Gift edition.
New York: Bantam, (1971.). A book which grew out of the television series 'The French Chef.' Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Paul Child. Index. 467 pp.
Condition: Good overall - tidemarks at lower edge, usual tanning to the pages. Gift edition from the Loyalty Savings Bank of Sacramento, California with an ad on the back cover.
Book ID: 57238More details Price: $9.00 -
COMMON EDIBLE MUSHROOMS.
Edition: Book club edition.
Minneapolis, MNL University of Minnesota Press, (1943) dj. Hardcover - "How to Identify and Cook 45 Varieties" Illustrated with many photographs, including several full color plates. Bibliography, index. xi, 124 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket (previous owner's name, tear to front cover of dj with associated creasing, loss of about 1/2 to top of dj spine).
Book ID: 74672More details Price: $11.50 -
SERVICE INCLUDED: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. A behind-the-scenes memoir from the first female captain at one of New York Citys most prestigious restaurants. While there are no recipes included, there is lots of talk about food - and some very important dining tips: '.Please do not ask your waiter what else he or she does. Please do not steal your waiter's pen. Please do not say you're allergic when you don't like something. Please do not send something back after eating most of it.' A fun, provocative and always interesting book to read. 226 pp. ISBN: 9780061228148.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 41982More details Price: $45.00 -
HARVEST OF THE COLD MONTHS: The Social History of Ice and Ices.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "From sixteenth-century Italy and the splendor of the Medici banquets to seventeenth-century France and the Sun King, from travelers' tales of snow pits and ice houses in Persia to the sherbet trade with the Levant to the use of ice as "table jewelry," and from the influential ice trade in Boston to the growth of the ice cream business in London, this impressive book brings alive the centuries in which ice, far from being a commonplace, was a subject that inspired and challenged the human imagination." Illustrated, notes, index. xvii, 413 pp. ISBN: 0-670-859753.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new but with a remainder line.)
Book ID: 55442More details Price: $20.00 -
THE SCHILLING RECIPE SCRAP BOOK.
Edition: First edition.
A Schilling Co, 1926. First edition - Booklet consisting of 3 pages of text in the front and 3 pages of ads for Schilling in the rear (text begins and ends inside the covers), plus 18 leaves of blank pages with 4 horizontal strips of dry gum adhesive to use to mount recipes on the recto of each leaf. Measures 9 1/8" x 7 1/16" in tan wrappers with red, green and black decorations.
Condition: Very good overall - Age-tanning to pages and cover, minor wear to wrappers..
Book ID: 70307More details Price: $30.00 -
CHEDDAR: A Journey to the Heart of America's Most Iconic Cheese.
Edition: First printing.
White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing. (2015) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "One of the oldest, most ubiquitous, and beloved cheeses in the world, the history of cheddar is a fascinating one. . . . Cheddar may be appreciated in almost all American homes, but the advocates of the traditional wheel versus the processed slice often have very different ideas about food. Since cheddar - with its diversity of manufacturing processes and tastes - is such a large umbrella, it is the perfect food through which to discuss many big food issues that face our society." SIGNED on the half title page with the comment "Stay Cheesy" and dated in the year of publication. Notes, index. 207 pp. ISBN: 978-1603585651.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 67127More details Price: $35.00 -
CHEDDAR: A Journey to the Heart of America's Most Iconic Cheese.
Edition: First printing.
White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing. (2015) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "One of the oldest, most ubiquitous, and beloved cheeses in the world, the history of cheddar is a fascinating one. . . . Cheddar may be appreciated in almost all American homes, but the advocates of the traditional wheel versus the processed slice often have very different ideas about food. Since cheddar - with its diversity of manufacturing processes and tastes - is such a large umbrella, it is the perfect food through which to discuss many big food issues that face our society." SIGNED on the half title page. Notes, index. 207 pp. ISBN: 978-1603585651.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 81066More details Price: $30.00 -
THE DINNER PARTY COOKBOOK.
Edition: Large trade paperback.
Menlo Park, California: Lane Book Company, (1973.). Revised edition. Illustrated with duotone drawings and black and white photographs. Index. 80 pp. Cover has "A gift from Great Western Savings."
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 44915More details Price: $12.00 -
FOOD AND FUN FOR DAUGHTER AND SON.
Edition: First edition.
Chicago: Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society, 1947. dj. Hardcover first edtion - "Here is a thoughtful book on the careful feeding and entertainment of the younger generation. . . [It] contains desirable info relating to daily meals, party, holiday, picnic and school menus. It emphasizes the importance of adequate and well-balanced suppers for the growing child." Illustrated with small drawings. Bibliography, index. 120 pp.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (prev owner's stamp on front endpaper, dust jacket flaps had been taped to the endpapers and there are still discolored remnants of the tape) .
Book ID: 67763More details Price: $18.00 -
LONG AGO IN FRANCE: The Years in Dijon.
Edition: First printing.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Between 1929 and 1932, Fisher spent the first three years of marriage living in Dijon where she and her husband attended graduate school. In this collection of her writings, she describes the food - and the residents - in loving detail, and recounts what it was like to be an American living in a French provincial town in the years between the wars. Two page map of Dijon circa 1930. Introduction by Jan Morris and an afterword by Fisher. 159 pp. ISBN: 0-13-9295488.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. (previous owner's name, price clipped.)
Book ID: 47295More details Price: $15.00 -
FILIPINO CUISINE: Recipes from the Islands.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, (1997). A 'comprehensive guide to the exotic foods of the Philippines' by this second generation Filipino-American chef. Includes comments on the recipes and the traditions behind them, an insert of color photographs and smaller black and white photographs, a map and an index. Square format. xxii, 280 pp. ISBN: 978-0890135136.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 76743More details Price: $25.00 -
STOCK THE CROCK: 100 Must-Have Slow-Cooker Recipes, 200 Variations for Every Appetite.
Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback original.
Tampa, FL: Oxmoor House, (2017). SIGNED first edition - A book which "brings together the expertise of America's most popular slow-cooker authority with a fresh collection of 100 essential, innovative, and easy-to-prepare recipes - each with variations allowing readers to customize the dish according to their dietary needs. . . Whether you are looking to accommodate gluten-free, paleo, or vegetarian diets, or prefer slow-cooker meals perfectly sized for one or two people, this cookbook provides smart ideas, more than 100 recipe photos, and cooking hacksthat will change the way you use your favorite fuss-free cooking appliance. Learn simple make-ahead tricks, convenient baking tips, and how to make two recipes at once using the same cooker." SIGNED on the title page. Index. 272 pp. ISBN: 978-0848753146.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps..
Book ID: 74309More details Price: $24.50 -
THE BEST OF AMISH COOKING: Traditional and Contemporary Recipes Adaped from the Kitchens and Pantries of Old Order Amish Cooks
Edition: Trade paperback.
Intercourse, PA: Good Books. (1996.). Illustrated with full color photographs. Sources, index. Large format. 223 pp. ISBN: 1561481890.
Condition: Near fine (corner slightly bumped)
Book ID: 47590More details Price: $10.00 -
THE GARDEN OF ETERNAL SWALLOWS: A Natural Foods Cookbook.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 1980. SIGNED first edition - Recipes (many surprisingly simple, and with clever names) interspersed with poems on food by such writers as Gregory Corso, W. S. Merwin, Wallace Stevens and more. INSCRIBED on the title page by the author and signed "Karen." Also signed in full on the final page. Decorations by Barry Zaid. Glossary, The author's first book. 163 pp. ISBN: 0-394-739485.
Condition: Very good - some wear to the covers.
Book ID: 51822More details Price: $20.00 -
PYTHIAN COOK BOOK.
Edition: First printing.
Richmond, California, Privately Printed, (1963.). First edition - Recipes, diet suggestions, compiled by members of the Pythians. Frontispiece portrait of Mrs Mildred Kleckner, Supreme Royal Princess of the Pythian Sunshine Girls. Comb-bound in stiff glossy white covers. 72 pp.
Condition: Very good condition.
Book ID: 31964More details Price: $12.00 -
THE CAROLINA RICE KITCHEN: The African Connection.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some light foxing to fore-edge of textblock)
Book ID: 75696More details Price: $60.00 -
EAT, MEMORY: Great Writers at the Table: A Collection of Essays from the New York Times.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes essays by Ann Patchett, Dan Barber, Billy Collins, Tom Perrotta, George Saunders, Gary Shteyngart, R. W. Apple, Jr., Colson Whitehead, Yiyun Li, James Salter, Patricia Marx, Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme, Tucker Carlson, Kiran Desai, Gabrielle Hamilton, John Burnham Schwartz, Chang-Rae Lee, Pico Iyer, Jon Robin Baitz, Dawn Drzal, Heidi Julavits, Manil Suri, Anna Winger, Henry Alford, Allen Shawn, Dorothy Allison: most of the essays end with a recipe. SIGNED by TWO authors at their essays - Billy Collins and Tom Perrotta. Introduction by the editor. Illustrated. 201 pp. ISBN: 97-80393067637.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 70554More details Price: $40.00 -
Share with us the Treasured Expericence of DINING AT SAN SYLMAR.
Edition: First printing. (Limited edition stated on copyright page.)
Los Angeles: Merle Norman Cosmetics, (1979.) dj. Chef Hunckler was trained in France and joined the Merle Norman Cosmetics in 1975 as chef de cuisine at San Sylmar and so most of the recipes are in the classical French tradition (braised Salmon Steak with Sorrel, Quenelle of Pike, Ballottine of Chicken Dawn, Souffle Grand Marnier, quiche Lorraine, etc), but a few - Tostada Ole, boola boola soup - reflect a more international - and now typically Californian - approach. Section on herbs and spices, glossary, index. Beautifully photographed in full color. Large format, bound in very pale yellow cloth with gilt lettering and a small pasted on illustration on the front cover, printed on heavy glossy stock throughout. 175 pp.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 31737More details Price: $35.00 -
ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE: A Year of Food Life.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A serious book on an important topic - the food we eat - lightened by Kingsolver's wonderful writing and sense of humor, and her passion for the topic. A must read for everyone who eats. Recipes. Illustrated with drawings by Richard A. Houser. References. 370 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0852550.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69630More details Price: $20.00 -
A CUP OF COFFEE: From Plantation to Pot, A Coffee Lovers Guide to the Perfect Brew.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grove Press, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautifully illustrated book with information on the history of coffee, different types of coffee, recipes for foods to accompany coffee and more. Slightly oversized format, printed on glossy paper, full-color photographs on every page. 144 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-14768.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 23943More details Price: $14.00