Cooking & Food
The Ideal Bartender
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Tom Bullock
The book was written by Tom Bullock, a well-known bartender at the St. Louis Country Club. His skills as a bartender were so remarkable that…
Six Cups of Coffee
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Various
It is not much to say that nine-tenths of that decoction which passes under the name of coffee, is unworthy to be so called, and that many p…
Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke
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Antonio Colmenero De Ledesma
The Author sings the praises of Chocolate. "By the wise and Moderate use whereof, Health is preserved, Sicknesse Diverted, and Cured, e…
Good Things to Eat As Suggested By Rufus
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Rufus Estes
Rufus Estes was born a slave in 1857 in Tennessee, and experienced first hand the turmoil of the Civil War. He began working in a Nashville …
Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses (Version 2)
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Maurice Grenville Kains
Culinary Herbs may be regarded as the secret to preparing good food from antiquity to the the height of culinary art. Maurice Grenville Kain…
Culture and Cooking; Or, Art in the Kitchen
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Catherine Owen
This is not a cookery book. It makes no attempt to replace a good one; it is rather an effort to fill up the gap between you and your househ…
The Story of a Loaf of Bread
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Thomas Barlow Wood
According to the author in the preface, he has "ventured to write this little book with some diffidence, for it deals with farming, mil…
Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery
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Arthur Gay Payne
This is a little cookbook of vegetarian recipes, which were only slowly gaining popularity in England at the time of its publication in 1891…
Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery
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Marion Harland
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 …
Billy in Bunbury
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Royal Baking Powder Company
This 1924 poem/recipe book, designed as promotional material for the Royal Baking Powder Company, is set in the Oz community of Bunbury. Lit…
Ketchup
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A. W. Bitting
The Bittings have written a number of books on canning and home preparation of food. This short volume includes a brief description of the p…
Rhymed Receipts for Any Occasion
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Imogen Clark
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 Whys of Cooking
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Janet McKenzie Hill
An entertaining yet informative look at the history of Crisco, its place in the "modern" kitchen, basic recipes and how to set up …
Marion Harland's Cookery for Beginners
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Marion Harland
With this book, Marion Harland presents the reader and listener with "A Series of Familiar Lessons for Young Housekeepers". Housek…
A Handbook of Fish Cookery
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Lucy H. Yates
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…
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties
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Janet McKenzie Hill
There is positive need of more widespread knowledge of the principles of cookery. Few women know how to cook an egg or boil a potato properl…
The Theory and Practice of Brewing
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Michael Combrune
This is an elaborate treatise on how to brew beer. That art is as noble today as it was in 1761, when this book was first published, and Mr.…
The Khaki Kook Book
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Mary Kennedy Core
We cannot ignore the fact that we must eat, and that much as we dislike to acknowledge it, we are compelled to think a great deal about fill…
Joe Tilden's Recipes for Epicures
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Joe Tilden
Major Joseph Tilden was in his time one of the most famous Bohemians and epicureans of the Pacific Coast. Ever since his death his many frie…
Choice Cookery
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Catherine Owen
Choice cookery is not intended for households that have to study economy, except where economy is a relative term; where, perhaps, the house…