Antique Cookbooks

Everett Grist's Big Book of Marbles: A Comprehensive Identification and Value Guide for...

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Many new color photographs showcasing thousands of machine made and contemporary marbles have been added to make this book an even bigger Big Book of Marbles. This second edition brings added discussions on marbles at auctions, art glass and new comics, and lists marble clubs. Grist has also drawn from one of his other books, Machine-Made Contemporary Marbles, for this new edition. Now with almost 400 large, detailed, full color photographs. 2004 values. AUTHORBIO: Everett Grist is the author of several books on marbles: Big Book of Marbles,Machine-Made Contemporary Marbles, and Antique Collectible Marbles. He is also the author of Collectible Aluminum. REVIEW: This book is a comprehensive identification and value guide for both antique and machine-made marbles. Manufacturers are discussed, and thousands of marbles are shown - transparent swirls, onionskins, agates, sulphide, china, clambroth, and many other types. Marble related items, which are also collectibles, are also shown.

Gardening with Antique Plants

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Antique plants-those introduced more than 100 years ago-possess a beauty unequaled by newer hybrids. Here is their fascinating story, their use in gardens, and how to grow them now. Six chapters, sumptuously illustrated with color photographs, botanical drawings, and paintings, cover all types, from wildflowers to herbs to exotics. Engaging text provides their history, ideas for combining heirloom varieties, case studies, and the expertise needed to choose, by zone, those you want to cultivate in your own garden.

Gardens of Plenty (Little Bed and Breakfast Cookbook Series)

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This culinary celebration of herbs and vegetables contains fresh delights like Windowsill Corn Muffins made in flowerpots and savory Tomato Cobbler.  The recipes come from special inns where gardens of plenty abound and meals inspired by the good, giving earth are placed before guests.

Home Cookery Ladies' Indispensable Companion (Antique American Cookbooks)

Home Cookery: Ladies' Indispensable Companion

HoneyMooner's Cookbook: Recipes Seasoned with Love

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"These recipes are quick & easy. Before, I did well to get dinner on the table, now it's a snap".

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I received HoneyMooner's Cookbook as a Wedding gift. Thanks for such a neat and fun Cookbook!

Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader: Recipes from Mitford Cooks, Favorite...

From Publishers Weekly
"Food is a great way of communicating," says Mitford series author Karon in her charming cookbook brimming with comforting recollections, quotations, homespun kitchen wisdom and more than 150 mouthwatering recipes for foods that have appeared in the author's books. Characters in Karon's close-knit Mitford, N.C., community often get into challenging situations, and foods rich with Southern-influenced flavors of hearth and home are always close by: Marge's Deep-Dish Apple Pie, Father Tim's Beef Tenderloin, Cynthia's Lemon Squares and Uncle Billy's Sweet Potato Pie. Karon includes full-flavored classics like Louella's Cinnamon Rolls, Lottie Greer's Fried Chicken and Country Biscuits, Cynthia's Lasagna, Puny's Macaroni and Cheese, and Lew Boyd's Chocolate Cake, all with nary a calorie counted. There's even a recipe for dog biscuits and one for creating a "Christmas Smell" right from the stovetop. What makes this cookbook distinctive is that fans are treated to the exact scenes in Karon's stories where each dish was enjoyed. There's also a bonus Mitford story and recipes inspired from Karon's upcoming novel, along with plenty of sage cooking advice from how to season an iron skillet and stock a spice cabinet to pointers on saying grace and a rumination on the meditative effects of washing dishes by hand. Uncomplicated ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions will afford cooks, guests and fans plenty of time to savor the generous novel excerpts from the author's inspirational work. Color photos.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Millions of Mitford fans around the world will agree—it’s easy to put on a pound or two reading a Mitford novel. Scene after scene of the bestselling series’ colorful characters enjoying tantalizing dishes can immediately start a craving. Then, before you know it, you’ve read several pages by the glow of the refrigerator lightbulb.

Packed with more than 150 recipes from the Mitford novels and from the author’s own recipe box, Jan Karon’s Mitford Cook-book & Kitchen Reader is loaded with tips, hints, jokes, culinary quotes, and delightful side-dish sidebars guaranteed to start a stomach rumbling. From Miss Sadie’s Apple Pie to Puny’s Cornbread, from Emma’s Pork Roast to Marge’s Sweet Tea with Peppermint, beloved characters come alive through their own favorite recipes. Here, too, are Karon’s reminiscences of her own family’s food traditions and—as dessert—four stories never before published in her books.

Jan Karon’s Mitford Cookbook & Kitchen Reader is a charming companion to the Mitford series that will have readers clamoring to bring into their own kitchens the aromas and flavors that swirl within the little town with the big heart.

Kosher Creole Cookbook

Linux Cookbook

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This unique and valuable collection of tips, tools, and scripts provides clear, concise, hands-on solutions that can be applied to the challenges facing anyone running a network of Linux servers from small networks to large data centers in the practical and popular problem-solution-discussion O'Reilly cookbook format. The Linux Cookbook covers everything you'd expect: backups, new users, and the like. But it also covers the non-obvious information that is often ignored in other books the time-sinks and headaches that are a real part of an administrator's job, such as: dealing with odd kinds of devices that Linux historically hasn't supported well, building multi-boot systems, and handling things like video and audio. The knowledge needed to install, deploy, and maintain Linux is not easily found, and no Linux distribution gets it just right. Scattered information can be found in a pile of man pages, texinfo files, and source code comments, but the best source of information is the experts themselves who built up a working knowledge of managing Linux systems. This cookbook's proven techniques distill years of hard-won experience into practical cut-and-paste solutions to everyday Linux dilemmas. Use just one recipe from this varied collection of real-world solutions, and the hours of tedious trial-and-error saved will more than pay for the cost of the book. But those who prefer to learn hands-on will find that this cookbook not only solves immediate problems quickly, it also cuts right to the chase pointing out potential pitfalls and illustrating tested practices that can be applied to a myriad of other situations. Whether you're responsible for a small Linux system, a huge corporate system, or a mixed Linux/Windows/MacOS network, you'll find valuable, to-the-point, practical recipes for dealing with Linux systems everyday. The Linux Cookbook is more than a time-saver; it's a sanity saver.

About The Author
Carla Schroder is a freelance system administrator and technical writer, who has written for IBM Developerworks, Intel, Crossnodes.com, and Computerbits.com.

MARITIME FLAVOURS: Guidebook and Cookbook (Flavours Cookbook Series)

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"This cookbook, and guidebook, always amazes with its recipes from some of the Maritime Provinces' finest inns and restaurants. Along with dishes to whet the appetite, the authors include a selection of inns and restaurants that will encourage you to try new places as well as new recipes." (Atlantic Books Today )

"Maritime Flavours is both a splendid cookbook and an unequalled guide to the culinary treasures of the Maritime provinces." (The Daily News )

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The all-in-one recipe book, guide book and souvenir to great Maritime food

Elaine Elliot and Virginia Lee combed Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, searching out the best restaurants and inns, the finest chefs and the most irresistible recipes. The result is the ultimate cookbook and guidebook.
Their selection of recipes includes fresh seafood as well as lamb and chicken. Desserts with blueberries, apples, rhubarb, maple syrup and rum all reflect the region's culinary traditions. Adapted and tested for home cooking the recipes are accompanied by stunning colour photographs.
The authors' guide to selected inns and restaurants offers a range of culinary experiences, both fine dining and casual family occasions. They provide useful information about restaurant hours and house specialties. The book includes a map of the region with a location for each establishment.
Completely revised and updated, Maritime Flavours is both a splendid cookbook and an unequalled guide to the culinary treasures of the Maritime provinces.

Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: A Delicious Alternative for Lifelong Health

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Chances are excellent that you could cook out of The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for the rest of your life and never feel the slightest tinge of boredom. How does Moroccan Carrot Salad with Orange and Lemon Juice sound? Or Catalan Soup of White Beans and Clams? Or Lebanese Fish Baked in a Tomato-Cilantro Sauce?

Mediterranean cooking is refreshingly low in salt, fat, and starch, relying instead on fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, and poultry. Nancy Harmon Jenkins provides a delicious alternative for anyone who feels their basic diet needs a change, but isn't sure which way to turn. Jenkins relishes tradition and place, and the vibrant people who bring this style of cooking alive. She circles the Mediterranean, collecting the classic recipes that fall within the defined parameters of the Mediterranean diet (as recognized by the World Health Organization): "plentiful fruits, vegetables, legumes, and grains; olive oil as the principal fat; lean red meat only a few times a month; low to moderate consumption of other foods from animal sources, such as dairy products, fish and poultry; and moderate consumption of wine." Simplicity is the key to the Mediterranean diet--simple ingredients and stress-free preparation and cooking. This is more than a cookbook--it is a blueprint for healthier living. --Schuyler Ingle

From Publishers Weekly
Though many authors have tackled the healthful recipes of the Mediterranean, Jenkins is not simply following a fad. She brings her understanding of the culture, gained through years of living and working in the region, to the task of writing a comprehensive cookbook. Jenkins gives practical advice on how to gradually implement the Mediterranean diet at home, urging us to eat more fruits, grains and vegetables, reduce meat and fat intake, cook with olive oil instead of butter, serve plain bread at every meal to increase consumption of carbohydrates, and--perhaps hardest of all--to set aside time for meals every day, "building a sense of food as a fundamentally communal, shared experience." Jenkins's recipes, though not always inventive, are faithful to the originals and demonstrate her appreciation for the vagaries of cooking well with fresh foodstuffs that may not always yield the same measures. She unfolds the common threads of cuisine that unite the Mediterranean, acknowledging regional variations that lend piquancy.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Miller's: Paperweights of the 19th and 20th Centuries: A Collector's Guide (Miller's...

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The diversity and beauty of glass paperweights offers great scope for the collector, and this invaluable guide provides a comprehensive and enjoyable introduction to the subject for the newcomer to collecting. It traces the development of paperweights from the mid-1900s to the present day, including the major factories of France, Scotland and the United States. There are illustrations of all the popular makers, with their trademarks identified. Throughout the book “Fact Files” provide a wealth of hints and tips on collecting, such as how to identify styles, what to look out for when making your first purchases, and how to pick out the best examples. Color photographs showcase more than 150 pieces, each accompanied by a price range.