Category: Cooking

Taste of China, The

By: Hom, Ken; Illustrated by Leong Ka Tai

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Bracken Books : 1994

Seller ID: 21377

ISBN-13: 9781858913346

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

216 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; White softcover, [viii] + 216 pages, index, 24 full-color photos on glossy plates, over 90 authentic Chinese recipes collected from Chinese rural and urban locations, with much culture and lore. ; Copyright 1990. This edition 1994. English throughout, with recipe names in English and transliterated Chinese (Pinyin) ; Very light wear only. No marks or spots. Scarce.
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Secrets from Centennial Cupboards : Recipes from the Polish Centennial Dancers of Plymouth, Michigan

By: Horning, Kathie

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Polish National Alliance Centennial Dancers : 1984

Seller ID: 22013

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

136 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Softcover, brown plastic comb binding, [viii] + 102 pages + 8-pg index + 18 pages of cooking tips and terminology, 136 total pages, about 250 recipes with contributor names. ; Co-produced by Joanne Ygeal, Linda Trethewey and committee. ; Light edgewear. Rear cover (which is unprinted) spotted. Interior pages clean. Binding tight. Scarce. ; A few old recipe clippings laid in.
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Bond Bread Cook Book : The Bond Book of Recipes

By: Hoyt, Barbara

Price: $9.00

Publisher: General Baking Company : 1935

Seller ID: 18713

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

72 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Softcover booklet, green illustrated covers, 72 glossy pages, about 60 b/w photos, about 250 recipes for sandwiches, party favors, soups, muffins, vegetables, meat, fish, much more. ; From preface: 'Every recipe in this book passed these four tests: Is it easy to follow? Is it thrifty? Is it sure to turn out well? Is it good to eat?' ; Light wear to covers. Small pricesticker inked out on front. No other defects.
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Clabber Girl Baking Book

By: Hulman

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Hulman & Company : 1930

Seller ID: 14653

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair

16 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Brown softcover booklet, 16 pages, brief history of baking, section on the seven vitamins A to G, several b/w illustrations, 42 recipes for biscuits, breads, muffins, cakes, etc. ; Blurb: "Clabber Girl is a most wonderful baking powder. It complies with all pure food laws both state and national. Every can bears the famous Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval." ; We have graded this item Fair. Fragile. Corners and edges worn, several small spots here and there. Binding of two staples intact.
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Dining with Pioneers

By: Hunter, Peggy, and Barbara Stanfill; Illustrated by Liz Coleman

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Telephone Pioneers of America : 1987

Seller ID: 21822

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

723 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Thick softcover, [vi] + 723 pages, a few b/w illustrations, about 2 000 down-home recipes, each with contributor name and name of their local council. ; Copyright 1981. This is 11th printing, February, 1987. Compiled by members of Telephone Pioneers of America, Councils of Tennessee, Chapter #21. Printed by Cookbook Publishers, Olathe, Kansas. Committee of editors. Forewords by Frank Giles and R. J. Sharp. Cover art by Leslie Stephens. Illustrations by Liz Coleman and others. ; Moderate exterior wear. No marks. Binding slightly rolled but intact. ; Several recipe cli...
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Ladies ' Indispensable Assistant : Married Ladies Indispensable Assistant and Family Physician

By: Hutchinson, E. and Elizabeth Waters

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cookbook Collector's Library : 1971

Seller ID: 23974

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

134 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, black cloth over spine, tan boards, [iv] + 72 + 40 + 18 pages, total pages 134, b/w frontispiece, many remedies for common ailments and recipes for household items such as shoe polish, 192 food recipes. ; Copyright 1851, originally published 1852, this is a facsimile reprint 1971.; Complete subtitle: "Being a companion for sister, mother and wife, containing more information for the price than any other work upon the subject; here are the very best directions for the behavior and etiquette of ladies and gentlemen, ladies toilette table, directions for ma...
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State of Michigan Liquor Control Commission : Price List Number 5

By: Isbister, Gilbert H.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Liquor Control Commission : 1936

Seller ID: 17862

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

32 pages; 16mo (6.75") 17 cm; Small softcover booklet, 32 pages, pale blue paper covers and throughout, list of 108 retail stores and warehouses, list of members of Michigan Liquor Control Commission, 29 pages listing all commercially available liquors, their stock numbers and legally enforced retail prices. Rear cover lists Michigan's best attractions, greatest industries, etc. ; Not a cookbook. Michigan Price List No. 5, October 1, 1936, stated. This item was published only three years after the repeal of Prohibition, during the period when states most heavily regulated the liquor trade. ; B...
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Cocktail Lounge, Hotel Arizpe Sainz : Bebidas Compuestas, Mixed Drinks

By: Jesus Castillo Sarmiento

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Hotel Arizpe Sainz : 1939

Seller ID: 23754

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

8 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Small softcover, 8 unnumbered pages plus covers, color armorial illustration on front, small b/w illustration of Hotel Arizpe Sainz on rear, menu of 90 drinks and cocktails with retailprices. English throughout, with headers in English and Spanish. ; Cocktail menu from nondescript old hotel where, from the rooftop, the great Edward Hopper made some of his most effective paintings. ; Covers lightly worn, rear cover has small ballpoint scribbles, not affecting any text or illustrations. Otherwise clean and tight. Quite scarce.
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Enterprising Housekeeper, the : 200 Tested Recipes, Suggestions for Breakfast, Luncheon, and Supper

By: Johnson, Helen Louise

Price: $29.00

Publisher: Enterprise Manufacturing Company : 1902

Seller ID: 21400

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair

90 pages; 16mo (6.75") 17 cm; Small softcover, glossy chromolithograph (top-quality color illustration) covers, 90 + 6 pages, index, 31 menus, 40 b/w illustrations of irons and kitchen gadgets, about 120 recipes of all kinds. ; 4th Edition, 1902, stated. ; Promotional item and mini-catalog for Enterprise Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Great old illustrations of small cast iron appliances including sad irons, coffee mills, meat grinders, food choppers, cherry stoners, grape seeders, spice mills, more. ; We have graded this item Fair. It has clearly been in a kitchen. Covers ...
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Kahlua Anything Goes : Bartender's Guide

By: Kahlua

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Allied Domecq Spirits USA : 2002

Seller ID: 22521

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

48 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Square black softcover, double wire spiral binding, 48 stiff color glossy pages, 2 indexes, several small color illustrations of cocktails, 228 drink recipes featuring Kahlua. ; Light wear, mainly to bottom and part of rear cover. Interior clean, binding tight. Scarce.
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Many Faces of Kahlua, the : Food and Drink Recipes

By: Kahlua

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Maidstone Importers

Seller ID: 22946

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

20 pages; 16mo (6") 16 cm; Small softcover booklet, 20 glossy pages including covers, 24 color photos, 41 recipes including drinks, entrees and desserts. ; No date but about 1985. "The world's most popular coffee liqueur." ; No marks or defects. Been kept safe in a drawer all its life.
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Karsten's Cafeteria : For Those Health Minded

By: Karsten

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Karsten's Cafeteria : 1945

Seller ID: 17921

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Very Good+

Not a book. Small (3 x 6.5 inches) 77 x 162 mm stiff blue card printed one side only. ; This is a promotional item from Karsten's Self-Service Cafeteria, Detroit, Michigan, with a flow-chart of menu items showing which items go best with other items. Karsten's was located at 1548 Woodward Avenue and was founded in 1915. This item 1945.; Top edge lightly sunned. No other defects.
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Cooking with Cold

By: Kelvinator

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Kelvinator Sales Corporation : 1933

Seller ID: 17856

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

56 pages; 24mo (5.5") 14 cm; Oblong softcover, green illustrated covers, 56 glossy pages, 31 b/w photos and illustrations, 12 illustrations in color, 5 menus, 116 recipes; from the 'Kelvin Kitchen' of the Kelvinator Sales Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, 1933. Promotional item and owner's manual for the amazing Kelvinator electric refrigerator. ; Small very pale inkmark on rear cover. Otherwise only a touch of edgewear. Appears unused.
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You'll Love Them Too ! : The Modern Homemaker

By: Kerr, Ruth

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corporation : 1965

Seller ID: 18978

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

32 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Softcover booklet, self-wraps, 32 pages including covers, 33 b/w and monochrome photos and illustrations, many step-by-step; tons of tips for canning, processing, freezing, etc; about 40 recipes. ; Preface by Ruth Kerr (Mrs. Alexander H. Kerr) president, Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corporation, makers of Kerr jars and caps for canning and preserving. Front cover states Compliments of Lakes Grocery. ; We have graded this item Good Plus. It is intact, no rips, no tear, no scribbles, but front cover shows foxmarks, and four pages are faintly tanned from old clippings. Quite...
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Endless Possibilities of Kikkoman, the : All-Purpose Seasoning

By: Kikkoman

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Kikkoman International : 1980

Seller ID: 22022

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

16 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Square softcover, 16 glossy pages, brief history of soy sauce, 8 color photos, 33 recipes and serving suggestions. ; Very minor edgewear only.
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Foods and Household Management : A Textbook of the Household Arts

By: Kinne, Helen, and Anna M. Cooley

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Macmillan Company : 1915

Seller ID: 13221

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

401 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Full greenish-gray buckram cloth, gilt spine title, black lettering on front, tan endpapers, index, appendix, footnotes, dozens of lists and tables, chapter end questions, about 60 recipes, 82 b/w figures, photos, diagrams, etc, with captions. ; Copyright 1914. This is 6th printing, February, 1915. ; We have graded this item Good (about 6 out of 10). Cloth worn, tanned on spine, gilt lettering dull but readable, owner name and address in pencil in old hand on front endpaper. Pages slightly age-toned. Binding tight.
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Wok and Tempura Cookery

By: Kirshman, Irena, and Barbara Farr; Illustrated by Barbara Farr

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Potpourri Press : 1969

Seller ID: 23328

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

48 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Orange softcover, 48 pages, tips on seasoning a wok, steaming, frying, red stewing, using chopsticks, etc; 58 b/w illustrations; 48 authentic Chinese recipes. ; Light edgewear. Two pages slightly tanned from clipping laid in, which is: Low-Cost Chinese Dishes, 8 pages, 32 recipes.
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Did They Really Eat That ? : A 19th Century Cookbook that Acquainted Immigrants with Northwoods Pioneer Fare

By: Kitley, Elizabeth

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Copper Sun Publications : 1992

Seller ID: 24152

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

48 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Tan softcover booklet, 48 pages, index, appendix glossary of Finglish, 68 b/w illustrations reproduced from old engravings, 23 modern recipes, 115 old pioneer recipes in English and Finnish (the Finnish is in old Fraktur script) ; Published in far north region of Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where many Finns settled. ; Sub-subtitle: "Kokkikirja Suomalais - Amerikkalainen, Original English to Finnish Translations, Includes Modern Northwoods Recipes." Includes recipes for dandelion wine, grouse, oysters, pheasant, pigeon, rabbit, squirrel, tongue, tripe, venison, etc,...
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Fit for a Tastemaster : The Distinctive Taste of Haute Cuisine

By: Kitley, Elizabeth

Price: $15.00

Publisher: ICI Americas Inc : 1982

Seller ID: 23257

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

40 pages; 4to (11.75") 30 cm; Tall green softcover, black plastic comb binding, 40 glossy pages extracted from periodicals, 20 haute cuisine recipes. Each recipe is shown in at least two spectacular high-quality full-color photos and each has recipe card that could be detached (all are present) ; Contents include: 1982 Veal Tonne, Crown Roast, Fillet of Brill in Crust, Black Forest Cake, Roast Goose. 1983 Beef Wellington, Crepes Cherries Jubilee, Oranges with Brandy Snaps, Pasta Primavera, Veal Scallopini, Rack of Lamb Bouquetiere, Bouillabaisse, Boned Stuffed Turkey. 1984 Praline Souffle, Bak...
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SAC : Cooking with Security

By: Knight, Deborah

Price: $15.00

Publisher: S. A. C. : 1989

Seller ID: 20963

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

104 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Dark blue-black hardcover, looseleaf binding as issued, white lettering on front, [viii] + 104 + 16 pages, several cooking tips in lists and tables, about 250 recipes of all kinds, with contributor names. ; Compiled by Deborah Knight and S. A. C. Committee. ; Slight yellowing of pages. No other defects. Scarce.
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Category: Cooking