Cooking & Food
The Food of the Gods
Chocolate! Is it really the "food of the gods?" What we do know, is that the products of the cocoa trees, in one form or another…
The Stag Cook Book
This book is dedicated to "that great host of bachelors and benedicts alike who have at one time or another tried to 'cook something': …
Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies
Fruit is a favourite with many of us. But if you have fruit in your garden or collect it otherwise, you know that the season ends too soon. …
10 Cakes Husbands Like Best
Cakes and more cakes! All of these ten recipes promote the use of Homogenized Spry Shortening. From Chocolate Rapture Cake to Hawaiian Lei…
Pies Made with Pet Evaporated Milk
This is a short commercial collection of pie recipes promoting the use of Pet Milk - a lot of delicious ideas here! - Summary by Larry Wilso…
Selections from Aunt Sammy's Radio Recipes
From the book introduction: "Aunt Sammy came to life with the first radio broadcast of 'Housekeeper’s Chat' on October 4, 1926. The ch…
Food Preparedness
A short pamphlet from WWI, first describing basic nutrition, then discussing what foods may be substituted during food shortages without los…
Bohemian San Francisco
While describing his dining experiences throughout "Bohemian San Francisco," Clarence Edwords paints an historic panorama of Calif…
Food Values
Food Values by Dr. Albert Philip Sy is a concise guide that emerged during the tumultuous times of World War I, serving as a practical resou…
Ryzon Baking Book
This book is a collection of recipes highlighting the use of Ryzon brand baking powder. Recipes were submitted by readers and selected by a…
The Something-Different Dish
Author of many traditional books on cooking and recipe collections, Marion Harris Neil presents a slightly off-beat collection of recipes co…
The Book of Ices
Summer is around the corner, time to make ice cream! This volume contains tried and true recipes for all kinds of cold drinks and desserts t…
Billy in Bunbury
This 1924 poem/recipe book, designed as promotional material for the Royal Baking Powder Company, is set in the Oz community of Bunbury. Lit…
A Poetical Cook-Book
This is an interesting mix of recipes and poetry about cookery and food. The author has written this book during and in the aftermath of the…
The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery
Food is one of the necessities but also one of the greatest pleasures. Knowing how to cook a good meal is therefore extremely important for …
Santa's Sampler
This is a collection of recipes published as a fund raiser for the St. Louis Alumnae Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Theta .fraternity. As the t…
30 Tempting Spaghetti Meals
This is a small booklet of recipes featuring Franco American products produced as a promotional piece by the Campbell Soup Company, but cont…
A Treatise on Foreign Teas
What would England be without tea? It is difficult to imagine, but there was a time in which tea was not quite as ubiquitous in Europe as it…
Baker's Coconut Recipes
This is a brief collection of recipes, each featuring coconut as a commercial promotion from the Franklin Baker Company. Most focus on desse…
Texas Pecan Recipes
This is a short book of recipes featuring pecans from Texas. The recipes cover Appetizers & Salads, Meat Dishes & Stuffing, Cakes &…