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Vintage cookbooks, compilations of regional favorites, and other collections of tasty recipes.


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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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Pennsylvania Dutch Cook BookPennsylvania Dutch Cook Book 
by J. George Frederick
An excellent introduction to every aspect of Pennsylvania Dutch cookery from hors d' oeuvres to desserts. Over 350 recipes for apple soup, liver dumplings, shrimp wiggle, spaezle, more.

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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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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.

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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 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.


Our Price $7.95


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


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


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.


Our Price $6.95


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.


Our Price $7.95


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


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


Old-Time New England CookbookOld-Time New England Cookbook
by Duncan MacDonald, Robb Sagendorph
Over 300 wholesome, easy-to-prepare recipes: Nantucket scallop chowder, Boston baked beans, apple pan dowdy, Boston cream pie, many more. Recipes accompanied by charming observations on New England weather. Illustrated.


Our Price $8.95


Pennsylvania Dutch Cook BookPennsylvania Dutch Cook Book
by J. George Frederick
An excellent introduction to every aspect of Pennsylvania Dutch cookery from hors d' oeuvres to desserts. Over 350 recipes for apple soup, liver dumplings, shrimp wiggle, spaezle, more.


Our Price $7.95


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.


Our Price $17.95


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.


Our Price $9.95



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