Foxing to the front cover, title page, and center pages. Many recipes using Blue Bell ice cream for the contest and name and town of the contestant. The Grand Prize winner was Katheryn Minyard of Garland, Texas for Blue Bell Pecan Praline "Delight" Pie. No illustrations. View More...
Second and revised edition of the 1910 first edition. Oilcloth covers, heavy wear. Mull showing on the spine where the cloth has worn away. Stains and edge wear. Interior stain, top of gutter, visible on the first 30 or so pages. Foxing and browning to some of the pages. The binding is tight and square and, despite the flaws from age and use, the book remains an interesting collection of recipes and business ads from the San Francisco Bay area just a short five years after the devastating earthquake of 1906. The Corona Club was a Woman's Club in San Francisco, organized in 1898. It limited mem... View More...
Light shelf wear and bumping. The dust jacket is a bit of edge wear and a few small edge tears. Protected now in a new Mylar archival cover. 48 pages with Glossary and Index. Recipes presented in their original form, with only a few instances of changes to the text. View More...
Brown paper covers with black cloth strip along the spine to cover staples. Heavy edge wear to the covers and a tear on the front cover at the spine. Notes or marks found in the text on several pages. Title page, which includes a picture of the church, has a gift inscription at the top of the page. 94 pages, plus 18 blank pages for notes. Illustrated with advertisements for local businesses in the Marion, Indiana as of 1923. Recipes for soups, salads, meats, vegetables, and desserts are here with some interestingly-named dishes such as Hassenpfeffer (young rabbit, p. 17), Potatoes O'Brion (wit... View More...
Reference note written on the first blank page and lightly bumped upper corner of the text block, otherwise fine. The dust jacket is protected in a Mylar sleeve. 287 pages with Appendix (Credits, Chocolate Resource List, and Conversion Table) and Index. Illustrated with color photographs by Martin Jacobs. View More...
Pictorial boards in a matching dust jacket. The spine is cocked a bit and the corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly soiled with a few small chips to the front flap. Small book, 4.5 X 7.5 inches, 62 pages. Quick and easy recipes for snacks and canapes. View More...
Signed by the author on the title page. 340 pages with Recipes, Notes, Glossary, Selected Bibliography, and Index. Numerous illustrations throughout. Rich historical detail from the former curator of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. View More...
Save room for these desserts! This is an attractively decorated western-theme book chock-full of creative concoctions from the author. From Chocolate Cake with Chiles to Espresso-Mascarpone Quesadillas with Mixed Fruit, the author's desserts have been a hit with diners at New York's Odeon, Arizona 206, Mesa Grill, and Bolo. His recipes have appeared regularly in Food & Wine, Chocolatier, and Gourmet. This book is a nice, clean copy, 216 pages, with eight color plates of a sampling of these fine desserts. View More...
224 pages with Appendix (Bartender's Checklist) and Index. Numerous illustrations and photos document the history of the cultural and technical aspects of the major categories of spirits used in creating cocktails. The book concludes with expert advice on how to mix 100 of the world's best cocktails, ancient and modern. A definitive work on the subject. An oversized book that may require extra postage for expedited and international delivery. View More...
Mild shelf wear. Jacket has a small edge tear at the top of the front panel and some light chipping at the tail of the spine. The spine is slightly faded and the rear panel rubbed a bit. Protected in a new mylar cover now. 314 pages with a glossary and index. View More...
Slight lean to the spine, else a fine, clean copy. 224 pages with Glossary, Index, and Bibliography. Illustrated. Foreword by Sir Kingsley Amis. View More...
312 pages with Bibliography, Glossary, Resuorces, and Index. Numerous illustrations. The dust jacket is protected in a Mylar sleeve. From the publisher: "Hemp has been used for decades for clothing, rope, and plastics, but it also has serious food value. As hemp becomes more accessible, and public awareness of its health benefits grows, demand for the inexpensive plant in its variety of culinary forms as flour, oil, and seeds is expected to increase. At the forefront of this trend is Denis Cicero, owner of one of New York's trendiest restaurants. Hemp, which tastes like a cross between a hazel... View More...
224 pages with Bibliography. Illustrated with drawings and color plates. Includes a section on medieval recipes and a practical guide to re-creating the dishes. View More...
Dark green leatherette with gilt lettering and decoration. Upper corners slightly bumped. Binding glue pops when closing the front cover. Clean and tight copy. One of 3,000 copies in this reprint edition from the original 1937 printing. 308 pages, no illustrations. View More...
The page block is cocked a bit, otherwise a fine, clean copy. 160 pages with Glossary, Nutrition Table for Kaatje's Recipes, Index, and Conversion Table for Kaatje's Recipes. Numerous illustrations, photography by Kees Hageman. View More...
223 pages, with Glossary and Index. llustrated with drawings and historic photos. Organized by type of dish, i.e., fish, poulty and rabbit, meat, game, vegetables, etc. Also includes comparative measures and temperatures and comparative meatcuts. A beautifully designed, visually appealing book. View More...
Stiff pictorial wraps. 90 pages with index and bibliography, endnotes and appendix. Photo illustrations throughout. First detailed history of the region's viticultural and winemaking from mission days to present (1998), with a special focus on the county's grape growers and winemakers. A title in the South Coast Historical Series, Graduate Program in Historical Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. View More...
Gift inscription on the front free endpaper, which indicates the book was purchased in the Glen on the whisky trail. 159 pages, indexed, and beautifully photographed by Catherine Karnow. Interesting history along the Scotch whisky trail from the Scottish islands of Jura, Skye, through the countryside along the River Spey and the glen of the Livet River, to the bottling halls of Glasgow and Edinburgh and the restaurant that was atop the World Trade Center in New York City. Includes illustrated maps and Scotch whisky recipes. View More...
