Antique Cookbooks

The Blue Ribbon Country Cookbook: The New Standard of American Cooking

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A recipe from The Blue Ribbon Cookbook

Corn Pudding

4 extra large eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon sugar
2 cups whole milk, scalded
2 tablespoons butter
1 15 1/4 ounce can commercial whole-kernel corn, drained, or 1 pint home-canned whole kernel corn, drained
1/3 cup finely shredded mild cheddar cheese

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.  Butter lightly a 2-quart round baking dish; set aside.

Place the eggs in a medium mixing bowl; using an electric mixer, beat slightly on medium speed.  Add the salt, white pepper, and sugar; stir to combine; set aside.  After scalding the milk, remove from the heat and add the butter; stir until the butter melts.  Add the mild mixture slowly to the egg mixture, stirring constantly.  Add the corn and cheese; stir to combine.  Pour into the prepared baking dish.  

Place the 2-quart baking dish in a 9 x 13-inch baking pan; then pour hot, but not boiling, water into the pan to approximately 1/2 the height of the baking dish.  Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour, until a knife inserted near the center of the pudding comes out clean.  

The Blue Willow Inn Cookbook: Discover Why the Best Small-Town Restaurant in the South is...

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A Roadfood Cookbook

For five years in a row, The Blue Willow Inn in Social Circle, Georgia, 40 minutes east of Atlanta, has been voted best small town restaurant in the South by the readers of Southern Living magazine. Billie and Louis Van Dyke say that no one is allowed to leave hungry, and certainly no one should after feasting on a variety of Southern salads, meats, vegetables, breads and desserts and, of course, sweet tea, the "Champagne of the South," and lemonade. Housed in a gloriously restored southern mansion, The Blue Willow Inn is home to Southern hospitality and charm at its best.

The Blue Willow Inn Cookbook offers delicious Southern recipes, vintage pictures from the early days of Social Circle, and fascinating anecdotes about the restaurant. It's a book that's wonderful for reading or for cooking.

The greatest restaurants in America are its wonderful independent regional restaurants. And there are no greater experts on America's regional restaurants than Michael and Jane Stern. "Coast to coast," said the New York Times, "they know where to find the freshest lobster rolls, the fluffiest pancakes, the crispiest catfish." Rutledge Hill Press is launching a new series of Roadfood Cookbooks, each with recipes, pictures, and the history of one of America's greatest regional restaurants.

The Book Club Cookbook

From Publishers Weekly
"Whether youre looking to start a book club, choose your book clubs next reading selection, find a recipe to match with a book or gather fresh food ideas, this volume can help," declare authors Gelman and Krupp, a PR consultant and an educator, respectively. To gather all that material, they contacted members of dozens of book clubs throughout the countryfrom clubs of Jewish moms in Atlanta to psychotherapists in Connecticutand quickly discovered that these chatty groups are diverse, passionate and boast an impressive camaraderie. Its logical, then, that this collaborative project offers all sorts of anecdotes and food ideas from club members and profiles of various clubs, in addition to recipes drawn from favorite books. (Short plot summaries of each suggested title are also included.) The choices range from Anna Kareninas Wild Mushrooms on Toast and Life of Pis Tandoori Shrimp to The Hourss Crab Casserole and Nickel and Dimeds Mozzarella Sticks. Part cookbook, part celebration of the written word, the volume illustrates how books and ideas can bring people together. And considering that theres an estimated seven million people in America involved in book clubs these days, this should prove to be a popular volume.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Add a delicious ingredient to your book club gatherings!

Whether its mojitos with Love in the Time of Cholera or honey cake with The Secret Life of Bees, nothing spices up a book club meeting like great eats.

Featuring recipes and discussion ideas for one hundred popular book club selections, The Book Club Cookbook will guide you in selecting and preparing culinary masterpieces that blend perfectly with the literary masterpieces your club is reading. With contributions from many of the authors of these favorite books themselves, as well as profiles of book clubs all across the country that are creatively integrating food into their meetings, this singular cookbook includes such scrumptious pairings as:

Tandoori Shrimp with Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Mint Juleps with The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Her Majesty's Spinach Borek (Pastry) and Her Majesty's Mujadara (Lentils and Rice) with Cucumber Yogurt with Leap of Faith by Queen Noor

Great Grandma Olivias Sweet Potato Pie with Sugar by Bernice McFadden

Spicy Pork with Orange Hoisin Sauce in Wonton Cups with Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

Death by Chocolate with The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Ambrosia with To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Joan and Lalitas Peach Cobbler with Cane River by Lalita Tademy

Griets Vegetable Soup with Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

Brittas Crab Casserole with The Hours by Michael Cunningham

and many more! The first cookbook designed specifically for book clubs, The Book Club Cookbook will add some real flavor to your book club meetings.

The Cop Cookbook: Arresting Recipes from the World's Favorite Cops, Good Guys, and Private...

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This fun cookbook contains over three hundred arresting recipes from the world's favorite television and movie cops and detectives, as well as from police chiefs and other top cops from all fifty states. From Columbo to Andy Sipowicz, your favorite cops are here to protect and serve dinner! Illustrated and indexed.

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The Harry Caray's Restaurant Cookbook: The Official Home Plate of the Chicago Cubs

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Harry Caray's Restaurant, "the best steakhouse in Chicago"* with "the quintessential Chicago bar"**, is named for the late, renowned baseball announcer and has been designated the Official Home Plate of the Chicago Cubs. The bar is 60'6", the exact distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate, and the restaurant houses 1,500 pieces of baseball memorabilia, including photographs, vintage newspapers, a Sammy Sosa autographed bat, and items from Stan Musial, Ernie Banks, Hank Aaron, Ted Williams, and others. Harry Caray's is just north of the Loop in one of Chicago's most architecturally significant buildings.

The Harry Caray's Restaurant Cookbook is a visit to Chicago and the restaurant that serves "the best Chicken Vesuvio in the city"***. More than 150 recipes include "potent pasta, holy-cow steaks, and chicken fit for the Chairman of the Board." **** The stories, sidebars, and pictures bring back memories of baseball and Chicago. This important addition to the RoadfoodTM Cookbook series is sure to be a favorite with people in Chicagoland and throughout the country.

"When you only have time to visit one restaurant in Chicago, it's got to be Harry Caray's" - David M. Lissner, Dining Chicago.

* Chicago Tribune

** Jay Leno

*** Chicago Tribune and ABC

**** Chicago Sun Times

The Lighting Cookbook: Foolproof Recipes for Perfect Glamour, Portrait, Still Life and...

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The perfect lighting manual! Includes an inventory of all the ingredients found in a well-stocked commercial studio, with a full explanation of how, when and why each is used. Dozens of lighting recipes from six top pros include step-by-step setup details, lens choices, composition decisions and light diagrams. These foolproof, repeatable recipes cover glamour, fashion, still life and portraiture - including corporate, children and even pets.

The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories

From Publishers Weekly
Over 100 authentic recipes of pioneer food from the pages of Laura Ingalls Wilder's series are included in this book. All ages.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

The New York Times
"Surprising and delightful Each recipe is prefaced by a short and superbly well-researched essay on that particular dish's origins, development and characteristics."

The old cook's almanac;: Being a compilation of recipes, rules and methods from antique,...

The Pilgrimage Garden Club Antiques Forum Cookbook Natchez Mississippi

The Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook

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Includes beautiful recipes for southwestern cuisine.< BR>

From the Inside Flap
Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction All About Chiles Appetizers: Fiesta Fare Centerpiece Soups Salads that Sing Memorable Main Courses Southwestern Breads and Muffins Spicy Sauces, Sizzling Salsas, and Snappy Relishes Side Dishes, Santa Fe Style Sweet Endings: Southwestern Desserts Celebration Beverages Where to Find it: Sources for Southwestern Ingredients Index

The Seduction Cookbook: Culinary Creations For Lovers

Tim Linehan, Los Angeles, CA
This book contains great food ideas for two. It's clever, funny, sexy and makes your imagination and appetite run wild. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

NY Times, February 9, 2005
"over the strawberries she leaned toward me, touched my knee, told me I was in the wrong line of work."

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