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No muss, no fuss, no frills — just great recipe collections, many under $6.00! You'll also find historic cookbooks from Ancient Rome to Fannie Farmer, and wonderful gifts for any ardent cook or gourmet!

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The First American Cookbook: A Facsimile of "American Cookery," 1796The First American Cookbook: A Facsimile of "American Cookery," 1796 
by Amelia Simmons
Exact reproduction of the first American-written cookbook published in the United States. Authentic recipes for colonial favorites — pumpkin pudding, winter squash pudding, spruce beer, Indian slapjacks, and more.

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The American Frugal HousewifeThe American Frugal Housewife 
by Lydia Maria Child
Simply written recipes for roasting a pig, preparing corned beef, hasty pudding, carrot pie, buffalo tongue, and scores of other dishes. Helpful suggestions for treating chilblains, dysentery, and other domestic concerns.

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The Picayune's Creole CookbookThe Picayune's Creole Cookbook 
by The Picayune
Hundreds of enticing recipes: soups and gumbos, seafoods, meats, rice dishes and jambalayas, cakes and pastries, fruit drinks, French breads, many other delectable dishes. Explanations of traditional French manner of preparations.

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Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving (Second Revised Edition)Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving (Second Revised Edition) 
by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Practical, easy-to-follow guide tells how to select, prepare, and can fruits, vegetables, poultry, red meats, and seafoods; how to preserve fruit spreads, fermented foods, and pickled vegetables; and much more.

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Decorative Napkin Folding for BeginnersDecorative Napkin Folding for Beginners 
by Lillian Oppenheimer, Natalie Epstein
22 different napkin folds enable even a beginner to make napkins in the shape of a heart, clown's hat, love knot, silverware holder, boot, etc. Photo of each finished napkin. 22 napkin folds, 63 drawings.

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Rufus Estes' Good Things to Eat: The First Cookbook by an African-American ChefRufus Estes' Good Things to Eat: The First Cookbook by an African-American Chef 
by Rufus Estes
Includes nearly 600 mouth-watering recipes: chicken gumbo, chestnut stuffing with truffles, cherry dumplings, southern style waffles, and scores of other dishes from haute cuisine to family-style meals.

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Spices and Herbs: Lore and CookerySpices and Herbs: Lore and Cookery 
by Elizabeth S. Hayes
The romance and use of spices, herbs — 86 familiar, exotic plants illustrated, examined for legendary lore, current use. Also 73 recipes. "An adventurous exploration." — Richmond Times-Dispatch.

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Toll House Tried and True RecipesToll House Tried and True Recipes 
by Ruth Graves Wakefield
Authentic recipes from the famous Massachusetts restaurant: popovers, veal and ham loaf, Toll House baked beans, chocolate cake, crumb pudding, much more. Nearly 700 recipes, including famous Toll House cookie recipe.

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The American Frugal HousewifeThe American Frugal Housewife
by Lydia Maria Child
Simply written recipes for roasting a pig, preparing corned beef, hasty pudding, carrot pie, buffalo tongue, and scores of other dishes. Helpful suggestions for treating chilblains, dysentery, and other domestic concerns.


Our Price $7.95


Austrian Cooking and BakingAustrian Cooking and Baking
by Gretel Beer
302 authentic recipes offer the best in Austrian home cooking: beef broth with dumplings, potato soup, kalbsgulash, four kinds of schnitzel and more, including 171 dessert recipes.


Our Price $8.95


The Book of Edible NutsThe Book of Edible Nuts
by Frederic, Jr. Rosengarten
This fascinating look at the natural history of nuts examines their evolution in the world's food supply, and their botany, ecology, and cultivation. Tasty recipes and 370 photographs and illustrations.


Our Price $19.95


Boulestin’s Round-the-Year CookbookBoulestin’s Round-the-Year Cookbook
by X. Marcel Boulestin
The author has selected surprisingly simple French recipes: saumon Bretonne, moules Bordelaise, more. Recipes are arranged by month of the year to make use of foods in season.


Our Price $4.95


Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving (Second Revised Edition)Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving (Second Revised Edition)
by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Practical, easy-to-follow guide tells how to select, prepare, and can fruits, vegetables, poultry, red meats, and seafoods; how to preserve fruit spreads, fermented foods, and pickled vegetables; and much more.


Our Price $9.95


Cookery and Dining in Imperial RomeCookery and Dining in Imperial Rome
by Joseph Dommers Vehling, Apicius
Oldest known cookbook in existence offers readers a clear picture of what foods Romans ate and how they prepared them, from fig fed pork to rose pie. 49 illustrations.


Our Price $13.95


Decorative Napkin Folding for BeginnersDecorative Napkin Folding for Beginners
by Lillian Oppenheimer, Natalie Epstein
22 different napkin folds enable even a beginner to make napkins in the shape of a heart, clown's hat, love knot, silverware holder, boot, etc. Photo of each finished napkin. 22 napkin folds, 63 drawings.


Our Price $4.95


Early American Cookery: "The Good Housekeeper," 1841Early American Cookery: "The Good Housekeeper," 1841
by Sarah Josepha Hale
Engagingly written volume filled with scores of nutritious recipes and wide-ranging suggestions for the mid-19th-century housekeeper. Includes advice on selecting and preparing foods, health tips, cleaning accessories, dealing with help, and more.


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Early American Herb RecipesEarly American Herb Recipes
by Alice Cooke Brown
Charming text gives more than 500 authentic recipes for medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and other purposes — everything from cancer and palsy treatments to gravies, sauces, and pies. 113 black-and-white illustrations.



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Favorite Swedish RecipesFavorite Swedish Recipes
by Selma Wifstrand
200 of the best Swedish dishes, from typical smorgasbord items — pickled herring, creamed lobster — to classic main dishes — roast lamb, baked eel — to traditional breads and pastries.


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The First American Cookbook: A Facsimile of "American Cookery," 1796The First American Cookbook: A Facsimile of "American Cookery," 1796
by Amelia Simmons
Exact reproduction of the first American-written cookbook published in the United States. Authentic recipes for colonial favorites — pumpkin pudding, winter squash pudding, spruce beer, Indian slapjacks, and more.


Our Price $5.95


A First Cookbook for ChildrenA First Cookbook for Children
by Evelyne Johnson, Christopher Santoro
Helpful introduction includes a basic list of necessary ingredients and equipment, cooking hints, and sample menus. Total of 60 recipes: pizza, hamburgers, salads, cookies, cakes, macaroni and cheese, much more.


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The First Jewish-American CookbookThe First Jewish-American Cookbook
by Mrs. Esther Levy
A remarkable culinary and historical document, this 1871 volume offers tasty, reasonably simple, and economical recipes, in addition to housekeeping advice, suggestions for daily menus, and a Jewish calendar.



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Food and DrinkFood and Drink
by Jim Harter
Over 350 illustrations of different foods, people eating, utensils, banquets, menus, wine lists. Beautifully reproduced 19th-century line drawings depict every conceivable activity concerned with the preparation, display, and consumption of food and drink.


Our Price $15.95


Food and Drink: A Book of QuotationsFood and Drink: A Book of Quotations
by Susan L. Rattiner
Scores of humorous, frequently incisive remarks by famous writers, humorists, and celebrities, including W. K. Chesterton, W. C. Fields, Julia Child, Marilyn Monroe, George Bernard Shaw, Robert Morley, and many more.


Our Price $1.50


Hawaiian CookbookHawaiian Cookbook
by Roana and Gene Schindler
Nearly 300 recipes include: sea bass with pine nuts, Lomi Lomi salmon, passion fruit soup, watercress soup, stuffed chicken breasts in pineapple sauce, chestnut duck, island shrimp salad, much more.


Our Price $7.95


How to Buy Food for Economy and QualityHow to Buy Food for Economy and Quality
by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Information-packed book shows how to buy the best economically, describes most common foods, gives you tips on what to buy, and shows what to look. Over 100 illustrations.


Our Price $2.95


More Decorative Napkin FoldingMore Decorative Napkin Folding
by Lillian Oppenheimer, Natalie Epstein
Step-by-step drawings and easy-to-follow instructions explain how to make 22 beautiful folded designs — Rose, Turban, Double Vase, Silver Holder, and other decorative napkins. Introduction. Numbered diagrams.



Our Price $4.95


Native Harvests: American Indian Wild Foods and RecipesNative Harvests: American Indian Wild Foods and Recipes
by E. Barrie Kavasch
From clambakes to wild strawberry bread, this practical primer on natural foods not only provides recipes for varied Native American dishes but also describes uses of ceremonial, medicinal, and sacred plants. 147 illustrations.


Our Price $12.95


Old-Fashioned Homemade Ice Cream: With 58 Original RecipesOld-Fashioned Homemade Ice Cream: With 58 Original Recipes
by Thomas R. Quinn
Complete instructions and helpful advice for making delicious homemade ice cream, either in a hand-cranked or electric freezer. Includes 58 mouthwatering ice cream recipes, plus recipes for toppings and sauces. Introduction. Illustrated throughout.


Our Price $4.95


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