Four centuries of cooking, eating and arguing about both — the great chefs and the household manuals, the community cookbooks and the restaurant critics, from Robert May to Escoffier.
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- The Accomplisht Cook Robert May
- Choice Cookery Catherine Owen
- A Guide to Modern Cookery Auguste Escoffier
- Science in the Kitchen Ella Eaton Kellogg
- Enquire Within Upon Everything Robert Kemp Philp
- The White House Cookbook F. L. Gillette & Hugo Ziemann
- New Vegetarian Dishes Mrs. Bowdich
- A Poetical Cook-Book Maria J. Moss
- Spons’ Household Manual Various
- The Cookery Blue Book First Unitarian Society of San Francisco
- Modern Cookery for Private Families Eliza Acton
- Culinary Herbs M. G. Kains
- Food and Flavor Henry T. Finck
- The Pleasures of the Table George H. Ellwanger
- The Complete Book of Cheese Bob Brown
- Foods That Will Win the War C. Houston Goudiss & Alberta M. Goudiss
- Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking Various
- Directions for Cookery Eliza Leslie
- The Pantropheon Alexis Soyer
- The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Opened Kenelm Digby
- Marion Harland’s Complete Cook Book Marion Harland
- Soyer’s Culinary Campaign Alexis Soyer
- The Gourmet’s Guide to London Newnham-Davis
- A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes Charles Elmé Francatelli
- Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine W. Carew Hazlitt
- The Book of Herbs Rosalind Northcote
- The Gastronomic Regenerator Alexis Soyer
- The Cook and Housekeeper’s Complete and Universal Dictionary Mary Eaton
- Foods and Household Management Helen Kinne & Anna M. Cooley
- The Italian Cook Book Maria Gentile
- Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms W. Hamilton Gibson
- American Cookery Amelia Simmons
- Drinks of the World James Mew & John Ashton
- Dinners and Diners Newnham-Davis
- Hand-Book of Practical Cookery Pierre Blot
- The Gourmet’s Guide to Europe Newnham-Davis & Algernon Bastard
- Housekeeping in Old Virginia Marion Cabell Tyree
- Lowney’s Cook Book Maria Willett Howard
- The Art of German Cooking and Baking Lina Meier
- Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch-Williams
- Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets John Evelyn
- Miss Leslie’s New Cookery Book Eliza Leslie
- A Treatise on Adulterations of Food Friedrich Accum
- The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book Victor Hirtzler
- Mrs. Wilson’s Cook Book Mary A. Wilson
- The Art of Living in Australia Philip E. Muskett
- The English Housekeeper Anne Cobbett
- The Curiosities of Food P. L. Simmonds
- The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined John Mollard
- The Lady’s Own Cookery Book Charlotte Campbell Bury
- The Flowing Bowl Edward Spencer
- Practical Cooking and Dinner Giving Mary F. Henderson
- The Delmonico Cook Book Alessandro Filippini
- Modern American Drinks George J. Kappeler
- The Khaki Kook Book Mary Kennedy Core
- Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners Elizabeth O. Hiller
- The International Jewish Cook Book Florence Kreisler Greenbaum
- Cassell’s Vegetarian Cookery A. G. Payne
- Cocoa and Chocolate Arthur W. Knapp
- Host and Guest A. V. Kirwan
- Table Traits, with Something on Them John Doran
- The Story of Crisco Marion Harris Neil
- Cakes & Ale Edward Spencer
- Miss Leslie’s Lady’s New Receipt-Book Eliza Leslie
- The Stag Cook Book C. Mac Sheridan
- Cottage Economy William Cobbett
- Dr. Allinson’s Cookery Book Thomas R. Allinson
- A New System of Domestic Cookery Maria Eliza Rundell
- Better Meals for Less Money Marietta Greenough
- Miss Beecher’s Domestic Receipt Book Catharine E. Beecher
- The Myrtle Reed Cook Book Myrtle Reed
- The Greedy Book Frank Schloesser
- Stevenson Memorial Cook Book Various
- The Feasts of Autolycus Elizabeth Robins Pennell
- Book of American Baking Various
- Secrets of Meat Curing and Sausage Making B. Heller & Co.
- School and Home Cooking Carlotta C. Greer
- Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes Maria Parloa & Janet McKenzie Hill
- Candy-Making Revolutionized Mary Elizabeth Hall
- The Cake and Biscuit Book Elizabeth Douglas
- Common Sense in the Household Marion Harland
- A Course of Lectures on Domestic Economy and Cookery Juliet Corson
- The American Housewife Anonymous
- Old-Time Recipes for Home Made Wines Helen S. Wright
- Culture and Cooking Catherine Owen
- Good Things to Eat, as Suggested by Rufus Rufus Estes
- A Handbook of Invalid Cooking Mary A. Boland
- Every Step in Canning Grace Viall Gray
- What to Drink Bertha E. L. Stockbridge
- The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Helen Campbell
- Allied Cookery Grace Clergue Harrison & Gertrude Clergue
- The Fireless Cook Book Margaret J. Mitchell
- The Jewish Manual Judith Montefiore
- Spices and How to Know Them Walter M. Gibbs
- A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House Jessie Conrad
- The Ideal Bartender Tom Bullock
- Simple Italian Cookery Antonia Isola
- Civic League Cook Book Various
- The Food of the Gods Brandon Head
- La Cuisine Creole Lafcadio Hearn
- The Golden Rule Cook Book M. R. L. Sharpe
- Recipes Tried and True Various
- The Dinner Year-Book Marion Harland
- The Queen-like Closet Hannah Woolley
- The New England Cook Book Anonymous
- The Cook’s Decameron Mrs. W. G. Waters
- Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma
- Food Guide for War Service at Home Frances L. Swain & Florence Powdermaker Katharine Blunt
- A Handbook of Fish Cookery Lucy H. Yates
- The Community Cook Book Various
- English Housewifry Elizabeth Moxon
- 365 Foreign Dishes Anonymous
- Breakfast, Luncheon and Tea Marion Harland
- Cookery for Little Girls Olive Hyde Foster
- Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers Elizabeth E. Lea
- Carving and Serving Mary J. Lincoln
- Home Pork Making A. W. Fulton
- A Little Candy Book for a Little Girl Amy Harlow Waterman
- The Still-Room Mrs. Charles Roundell & Harry Roberts
- The Art of Home Candy Making Home Candy Makers
- Foods and Culinary Utensils of the Ancients Charles Martyn
- A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl Caroline French Benton
- Sandwiches Sarah Tyson Rorer
- Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six Juliet Corson
- A Comprehensive Guide-Book to Natural, Hygienic and Humane Diet Sidney H. Beard
- Six Cups of Coffee Various
- Miss Parloa’s New Cook Book Maria Parloa
- The Cooking Manual Juliet Corson
- Canoe and Camp Cookery Seneca
- Tea and Tea Drinking Arthur Reade
- Dinners and Luncheons Paul Pierce
- The Healthy Life Cook Book Florence Daniel
- Desserts and Salads Gesine Lemcke
- Practical Vegetarian Cookery Constance Wachtmeister and Kate Buffington Davis
- Clayton’s Quaker Cook-Book H. J. Clayton
- The Mary Frances Cook Book Jane Eayre Fryer
- The Compleat Cook W. M.
- A Little Preserving Book for a Little Girl Amy Harlow Waterman
- Reform Cookery Book Mrs. Mill
- Everyday Foods in War Time Mary Swartz Rose
- California Mexican-Spanish Cook Book Bertha Haffner-Ginger
- Chinese Recipes Nellie C. Wong
- French Dishes for American Tables Pierre Caron
- Miss Parloa’s Young Housekeeper Maria Parloa
- The American Practical Brewer and Tanner Joseph Coppinger
- Directions for Cooking by Troops, in Camp and Hospital Florence Nightingale
- The Belgian Cookbook Various
- Margaret Brown’s French Cookery Book Margaret Brown
- Scientific Feeding Dora C. C. L. Roper
- I Go A-Marketing Henrietta Sowle
- Paper-Bag Cookery Vera Serkoff
- The Art of Confectionary Edward Lambert
- A Queens Delight Anonymous
- The Soup and Sauce Book Elizabeth Douglas
- The Art and Mystery of Curing, Preserving and Potting Anonymous
- Leaves from Our Tuscan Kitchen Janet Ross
- Domestic French Cookery Sulpice Barué
- The Little Tea Book Arthur Gray
- Living on a Little Caroline French Benton
- The Wine Press and the Cellar Emmet H. Rixford
- A Book of Fruits and Flowers Anonymous
- First Lessons in the Principles of Cooking Lady Barker
- Things Mother Used to Make Lydia Maria Gurney
- Camp Cookery Maria Parloa
- Substitutes for Flesh Foods E. G. Fulton
- The Curry Cook’s Assistant Daniel Santiagoe
- Bohemian San Francisco Clarence E. Edwords
- The Cyder-Maker’s Instructor Thomas Chapman
- American Beer Gallus Thomann
- The Pudding and Pastry Book Elizabeth Douglas
- High-Class Cookery Made Easy Mrs. J. Hart
- The Country Housewife and Lady’s Director Richard Bradley
- Tea-Blending as a Fine Art Joseph M. Walsh
- Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats Eliza Leslie
- A Treatise on Bread, and Bread-Making Sylvester Graham
- The Cult of the Chafing Dish Frank Schloesser
- The National Cook Book Hannah Mary Peterson
- Favorite Dishes Carrie V. Shuman
- Ice Creams, Water Ices, Frozen Puddings Sarah Tyson Rorer
- For Luncheon and Supper Guests Alice Bradley
- Common-Sense Papers on Cookery A. G. Payne
- The London and Country Brewer Anonymous
- How to Prepare and Serve a Meal Lillian B. Lansdown