Antique Cookbooks

Catering for special occasions with menus & recipes (Antique American cookbooks)

Catering for special occasions with menus and recipes (Antique American cookbooks)

Book Description
When this book was originally published in 1911, Fannie Farmer said: “Americans of today are accused, somewhat unjustly, it seems, of being inhospitable. Because we do not, in the manner of a generation or two ago, lay aside all our duties at the visit of friends and welcome them ungrudgingly to our ordinary meal we expose ourselves to this charge; but, in truth, it is a higher conception of hospitality that has brought about this change. We receive our guests more normally; we make preparations for their coming, and take pleasure in giving them a meal that shall vary from the humdrum order of culinary production. The fashion in entertaining, as in so many other things, has changed, and consciously or unconsciously we conform to the new standards. And why is not the new hospitality more satisfying, both to the host and guest, than the old? It seems to me that housekeepers are enjoying as never before the days set apart for their friends, and have learned to! appreciate the saying of Brillat-Savarin, ‘He who receives friends, without himself bestowing some pains upon the repast prepared for them, does not deserve to have friends. And certainly there is none of us so regardless of the delights of the table that he does not respond to the warming influences of a meal prepared by a thoughtful hostess as a tribute to him as a guest.”

“The difficulty for the housekeeper lies in the selection of an appropriate menu. This little book is intended to meet this difficulty. May it be a help to many!” --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Chinese Furniture: A Guide to Collecting Antiques

Product Description
The international market for antique Chinese furniture is booming, and masterpieces from the Ming and Qing dynasties are now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Chinese Furniture is a survey of these collectibles--from the very best hardwood pieces featured to standard softwood specimens still available on the Asian market. The book presents an overview of carving styles, wood types, regional variations, class distinctions and restoration techniques.

With this renewed interest in antique furniture, a forgery market has emerged. Thousands of factories in southern China are churning out brand new or refurbished furniture and passing them off as antiques. Chinese Furniture unearths these forgeries and serves as an indispensable reference guide to collectors.

About The Author
Karen Mazurkewich is an Asian Wall Street Journal reporter who has covered Asian culture and the retail scene for three years from her base in Hong Kong. Mazurkewich has investigated art forgery, interviewed countless collectors, grilled innovative businessmen and queried tradesmen all in a quest to better understand antiques and manufacturing in Asia.

Choice Receipts: Arranged for the Gas Stove

Classic Collection (The Conran cookbooks)

Collector's Guide To Cookbooks: Identification and Values (Collector Books)

Product Description
Check out Collector Books' brand new guide to cookbooks. Over 600 color photographs and 2,000 listings of cookbooks are presented, along with title, publisher, date, availability, and current collector value. The book is organized chronologically and a handy index is provided -- so if you know either the date or the name of the cookbook, you'll be able to find it easily. The Culinary Institute of Chicago, General Mills (Betty Crocker), Pillsbury, and many other major companies are featured, from 1880 to the 1980s. A scarcity index is provided, indicating the relative difficulty in locating a particular item. General as well as regional volumes are included. Collector's Guide to Cookbooks needs to be on your bookshelf! 2005 values.

About The Author
Frank has collected cookbooks for over fifteen years. At his home, one room is filled with over 1,000 cookbooks. Frank loves to cook for other people and actually uses the cookbooks that he buys, often creating recipes of his own. The artwork, the company histories, and of course, the interesting recipes from a variety of cultures and backgrounds, are all of interest to him.

Come On Over Cookbook: Delightful Collection of Simple Recipes...Casual Gatherings...

Product Description
Make simple meals special and special meals simplethat's what Come on Over Cookbook is all about! It's filled with recipes and tips for easy, come-as-you-are dining from morning 'til nighttime. Try cooking up some overnight coffee cake, sweet berry popover, spicy buffalo bites, pizza by the scoop, Dutch oven stew, herb biscuits supreme, Cheddar ziti bake, Santa Fe sandwiches, 4-layer cookie bars and red velvet cake. It's loaded with helpful ideas for memorable gatherings too.

About The Author
Gooseberry Patchyour community cookbook experts since 1984.  The Gooseberry Patch brand is synonymous with quality and value. With over 100 titles and over 7 million cookbooks sold, Gooseberry Patch represents America’s real cooks…wives, moms and grandmas from across the nation.  Real, everyday folks send in and share thousands of recipes from their own kitchens, the best of which are then lovingly selected by Gooseberry Patch for each new cookbook.  Fast, easy, wholesome and delicious, Gooseberry Patch cookbooks deliver proven favorite recipes for today’s busy families

Common sense in the household: A manual of practical housewifery (Antique American...

Cookbooks Worth Collecting

From Library Journal
In this outstanding guide to the world of cookbooks for the avid collector, Barile presents an in-depth history of cookbooks from early Rome to modern America. She points out notable titles from each era and the social significance to be discovered in cookbooks. Barile also discusses the impact of modern-day appliances and convenience foods upon cookbooks. Stressing what is currently collectible and what might be in the future, she meticulously describes various categories of cookbooks: fundraising, historical, minority and ethnic, appliance, restaurant/hotel, and home canning and freezing. Barile does not ignore ephemera in her collecting strategy, stating that it is quite often overlooked and undervalued by dealers and collectors alike. Included in her text are a price guide, cookbook time line, conversion tables for old measurements, source list, and a directory of American cookbook libraries. An invaluable resource for culinary bibliophiles.
- Michael A. Lutes, Univ. of Notre Dame Lib., Ind.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Counterfeiting Antique Cutlery

Eat What You Want And Die Like A Man: The World's Unhealthiest Cookbook

Product Description
Eat healthy and live to be 100?.


Screw that.


Why choke down bland, mushy steamed veggies and brown rice when there s so much fat-laden, calorie-rich, heart-bursting cuisine out there to be savored? Because you want to live? So you can spend your golden years wandering aimlessly around a Florida shopping mall and eating dinner at 2 in the afternoon? So your rotten, ungrateful kids can plop you into some hellhole of a nursing home the minute you forget what day it is?

So go ahead, triple your cholesterol and triglyceride counts and clog those arteries . You ll never get out of this world alive, so you might as well enjoy your life while you can. Here are 30 artery-clogging, colon-blistering recipes sure to satisfy the most insatiable cholesterol craving. Instead of, steamed tofu, try Lard-Oozing Caja-China-Roasted Hog or Pizzeria-style Baked Ziti with Sausage and Mozzarella!. Follow up with a decadent dessert of Deep-Fried Twinkies or Ice Cream Lasagne. You ll die quicker but with a smile on your face.

Eat What You Want and Die Like a Man will put you back in touch with your Inner Hog.

Raves for Steve Graham s THE GOOD, THE SPAM, AND THE UGLY


"Gleefully offensive." --Publishers Weekly


"Thanks for using a pseudonym." --Steve s father

Download Description
Tired of tofu? Sick of salad? REVOLT! Eat What You Want and Die Like a Man will put you back in touch with your Inner Hog.

This collection of humor essays by Miami-area writer Steve H. Graham contains about two dozen recipes that are as deadly as they are delicious.

Learn to make treats such as yeast-raised doughnuts deep-fried in lard, chicken-fried ribeye on a giant bacon-grease biscuit, coconut flan with seven egg yolks, five-hundred-calorie brownies, and hash-brown Yukon Gold casserole with cheese and over a pint of sour cream.

This book should come with a Biohazard decal!

Encyclopedia of Collectibles: Cookbooks to Detective Fiction