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  • Recipes from the American South by Twitty, Michael W.
    Michael W. Twitty

    Recipes from the American South

    A home cook's guide to one of America's most diverse - and delicious - cuisines, from James Beard Award-winning author and culinary historian Michael W. Twitty 'Our cuisine, with its grits and black-eyed peas, crab cakes, red rice, and endless variations on the staple...
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  • What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Southern Cooking by Fisher, Abby
    Abby Fisher

    What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Southern Cooking

    What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking is a landmark cookbook first published in 1881 by Abby Fisher, one of the earliest known African American authors of a published cookbook. Fisher, who was born into slavery and later became a successful caterer in...
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  • Eating the Bible: Over 50 Delicious Recipes to Feed Your Body and Nourish Your Soul by Rossner, Rena
    Rena Rossner

    Eating the Bible: Over 50 Delicious Recipes to Feed Your Body and Nourish Your Soul

    Recipe book connecting the Bible with food Contains vegetarian, kosher, Mediterranean, ketogenic, and other recipes Includes Bible verses and commentary Eating the Bible is a new cookbook with recipes inspired by parts of the Bible. Author Rena Rossner was inspired to write it when...
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  • The Life Of George Moore: With An Account Of His Last Years By His Cook And Housekeeper by Hone, Joseph
    Joseph Hone

    The Life Of George Moore: With An Account Of His Last Years By His Cook And Housekeeper

    The Life of George Moore: With an Account of His Last Years by His Cook and Housekeeper is a biography written by Joseph Hone. The book provides a detailed account of the life of George Moore, an Irish novelist, poet, and dramatist who lived...
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  • Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York by Santlofer, Joy
    Joy Santlofer

    Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York

    New York is hailed as one of the world's "food capitals," but the history of food-making in the city has been mostly lost. Since the establishment of the first Dutch brewery, the commerce and culture of food enriched New York and promoted its influence...
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  • Angostura Bitters Cocktails: More Than 70 Classic Recipes and Fancy Drinks by House of Angostura
    House of Angostura

    Angostura Bitters Cocktails: More Than 70 Classic Recipes and Fancy Drinks

    Created in 1824, Angostura bitters have become an essential ingredient in the world's most renowned drinks. Sailors first used the medicinal tincture to quell seasickness, adding it to gin. Since then, the iconic concoction has conquered the world. This spirited collection celebrates that achievement...
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  • The History of Whiskey: In 100 Bottles, Barrels, and More by Robinson, Robin
    Robin Robinson

    The History of Whiskey: In 100 Bottles, Barrels, and More

    In this beautiful volume, renowned whiskey educator Robin Robinson skillfully chronicles the dynamic evolution of whiskey. In the Middle Ages, monasteries distilled spirits initially to make medicine. After King Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries, production shifted from clergy to farmers, and the route to...
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  • Elaine's: The Rise of One of New York's Most Legendary Restaurants from Those Who Were There by Phillips Penn, Amy
    Amy Phillips Penn

    Elaine's: The Rise of One of New York's Most Legendary Restaurants from Those Who Were There

    A tribute to legendary restaurateur Elaine Kaufman and her renowned Manhattan creative melting pot. Elaine's was a world-famous New York restaurant that became home to writers and celebrities. Owner Elaine Kaufman was known to be "New York feisty," controversial, often rude, always blunt, with...
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  • An Archive of Taste: Race and Eating in the Early United States by Klein, Lauren F.
    Lauren F. Klein

    An Archive of Taste: Race and Eating in the Early United States

    A groundbreaking synthesis of food studies, archival theory, and early American literature There is no eating in the archive. This is not only a practical admonition to any would-be researcher but also a methodological challenge, in that there is no eating--or, at least, no...
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  • The Great British Food Tour by Linford, Jenny
    Jenny Linford

    The Great British Food Tour

    Fascinating and entertaining entries about Britain's greatest dishes and ingredients. Includes recipes for 20 classics. Beautifully illustrated. Supported by the National Trust. Do you know your Bedfordshire clanger from your Dorset knob? Your Kentish cobnuts from your Cromer crab?This guide is packed with stories...
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  • The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook: Cookies and Treats from America's Golden Era by Diamond, Becky Libourel
    Becky Libourel Diamond

    The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook: Cookies and Treats from America's Golden Era

    Although most Americans have heard of sugar plums thanks to the famous holiday poem A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore, many have likely never have had the pleasure of tasting one of these luxuries, or even know what they really are...
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  • Napa & Sonoma: A Wine Legacy by Gershman, Liza
    Liza Gershman

    Napa & Sonoma: A Wine Legacy

    - Features stunning full-color photographs of vineyards and wineries throughout the Napa Valley and Sonoma County regions- Includes more than twenty interviews, including with the Mondavi Family, Cakebread, Lail and many others, often with very personal favorite recipe/wine pairing details - Provides rare insight...
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  • Spill the Beans (Updated Version): Global Coffee Culture and Recipes by Gestalten
    Gestalten

    Spill the Beans (Updated Version): Global Coffee Culture and Recipes

    Coffee is the world's cup. Over 2.25 billion are brewed, sipped, and savored on a daily basis. A loyal companion and energetic facilitator of the everyday, coffee has sprouted an entire cafe culture and a booming industry. While the caffeine fix is hard to...
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  • Cupboard Love: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities by Morton, Mark
    Mark Morton

    Cupboard Love: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities

    From everyday foods to exotic dishes, from the herbs and spices of medieval England to the cooking implements of the modern kitchen, Cupboard Love is a sumptuous feast that explores the fascinating stories behind familiar and not-so-familiar gastronomic terms.Who knew that the word "pomegranate"...
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  • Recipes of Ancient Rome: Selected Recipes from 'Apicius de re Coquinaria' by Apicius
    Apicius

    Recipes of Ancient Rome: Selected Recipes from 'Apicius de re Coquinaria'

    The Recipes of Ancient Rome reveals the culinary delights of one of history's most influential civilisations, exploring the culinary traditions and diet of the Roman Empire. Featuring recipes carefully selected from Joseph Dommers Vehling's 1924 translation of Apicius de Coquinaria, an ancient Roman cookbook...
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  • The Philosophy of Puddings: Volume 15 by Buttery, Neil
    Neil Buttery

    The Philosophy of Puddings: Volume 15

    Just what is a pudding? We all have our favourites, whether it is a school-dinner jam roly-poly with custard, or a Yorkshire pud with onion gravy, a Burns' Night haggis or the Christmas plum pudding. The humble pudding started out as a savoury meal...
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  • Guide To Ninja Foodi: Top Recipes Plus How To Use Your Pressure Cooker For Healthy Meals: Healthy Shrimp Recipes Ninja Foodi by Odil, Sammie
    Sammie Odil

    Guide To Ninja Foodi: Top Recipes Plus How To Use Your Pressure Cooker For Healthy Meals: Healthy Shrimp Recipes Ninja Foodi

    Did you just get your new multi function pressure cooker that includes an air fryer? Now you're now wondering how to use the fabulous Ninja cooking system. Well, we have instructions for you plus lots of easy Ninja Foodi recipes for you now!Here's just...
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  • Mock Toad-In-The-Hole and Other Vintage Mock Dishes by Knight, Farrah
    Farrah Knight

    Mock Toad-In-The-Hole and Other Vintage Mock Dishes

    Author: Farrah KnightISBN-10: 0987500112ISBN-13: 9780987500113Publisher: Leaves of Gold PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/12/2012Pages: 166Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d
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  • Thessaloniki: And the Many Kitchens of Northern Greece by Valle, Meni
    Meni Valle

    Thessaloniki: And the Many Kitchens of Northern Greece

    Following the success of her acclaimed Ikaria, Meni now invites readers to explore the rich and diverse culinary heritage of Thessaloniki and the Northern Greek region. This vibrant cookbook celebrates both traditional and modern dishes, shedding light on a region renowned for its unique...
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  • Survival Food: South African Pioneer Cuisine by Wells, Brendi
    Brendi Wells

    Survival Food: South African Pioneer Cuisine

    Discover the transformative power of "Survival Food: South African Pioneer Cuisine" - a culinary odyssey that will take you on a journey through history, heritage, and the unifying force of food.Unleash the benefits of reading this book: learn about the resilience and resourcefulness of...
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  • A History of the World in 6 Glasses Lib/E by Standage, Tom
    Tom Standage

    A History of the World in 6 Glasses Lib/E

    Author: Tom StandageISBN-10: 8200096270ISBN-13: 9798200096275Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2011Format: CD
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  • Wolfgang Puck Cookbook: Recipes from Spago, Chinois, and Points East and West by Puck, Wolfgang
    Wolfgang Puck

    Wolfgang Puck Cookbook: Recipes from Spago, Chinois, and Points East and West

    Wolfgang Puck is one of the world's leading cooks and restauranteurs. The Wolfgang Puck Cookbook takes its inspiration from his famous Los Angeles restaurants Spago and Chinois on Main. Puck delights in blending the East with the West, creating innovative dishes inspired by the...
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  • Strong! Vol 2: Just the recipes by Pattinson, Ronald
    Ronald Pattinson

    Strong! Vol 2: Just the recipes

    A selection of historic home brew recipes for various types of Strong Ale, covering every decade from the 1830s to the 1990s. All the UK types are there: Stock Ale, Barley Wine, Burton Ale, Scotch Ale and Old Ale. There are even a couple...
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  • Edible Secrets: A Food Tour of Classified U.S. History by Hoerger, Michael
    Michael Hoerger

    Edible Secrets: A Food Tour of Classified U.S. History

    What do top-secret CIA assassination plots, Black Panther arrests, and Reaganomics have in common? Food, of course Michael Hoerger and Mia Partlow collect, contextualize and graphically narrate declassified government documents with food as a theme Over 500,000 declassified memos, debriefings and transcripts were combed...
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  • Cooking For My Family: From Catherine Pasculli's Hoboken Kitchen by Lawrence, Loretta Pasculli
    Loretta Pasculli Lawrence

    Cooking For My Family: From Catherine Pasculli's Hoboken Kitchen

    "Dinner was the time we all sat together and enjoyed Mom's cooking, but it was also the place we discussed the day, argued, laughed and basically caught up with each other. One thing Mom and Dad taught us was that "no one" ate before...
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  • Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America Volume 45 by Padoongpatt, Mark
    Mark Padoongpatt

    Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America Volume 45

    With a uniquely balanced combination of salty, sweet, sour, and spicy flavors, Thai food burst onto Los Angeles's and America's culinary scene in the 1980s. Flavors of Empire examines the rise of Thai food and the way it shaped the racial and ethnic contours...
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  • Halal Food: A History by Armanios, Febe
    Febe Armanios

    Halal Food: A History

    Food trucks announcing "halal" proliferate in many urban areas but how many non-Muslims know what this means, other than cheap lunch? Here Middle Eastern historians Febe Armanios and Bogac Ergene provide an accessible introduction to halal (permissible) food in the Islamic tradition, exploring what...
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  • The Automat: The History, Recipes, and Allure of Horn & Hardart's Masterpiece by Hardart, Marianne
    Marianne Hardart

    The Automat: The History, Recipes, and Allure of Horn & Hardart's Masterpiece

    On the 100th birthday of Horn & Hardart, a look back at one of America's most beloved institutions A coin-operated glass-and-chrome wonder, Horn & Hardart's Automats revolutionized the way Americans ate when they opened up in Philadelphia and New York in the early twentieth...
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  • Whiskey: A Spirited Story with 75 Classic and Original Cocktails by Dietsch, Michael
    Michael Dietsch

    Whiskey: A Spirited Story with 75 Classic and Original Cocktails

    After decades of being seen as an old man's drink, whiskey is booming in popularity. Craft distilleries are popping up all over the United States, making whiskeys not just from corn, rye, and malted barley, but also from grains such as quinoa, blue corn,...
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  • School Dinner Heaven: Nostalgic Recipes That Take You Back by Spooner, Dorothy
    Dorothy Spooner

    School Dinner Heaven: Nostalgic Recipes That Take You Back

    STUFFED WITH OVER 60 CLASSIC SCHOOL DINNER RECIPES.There aren't any Turkey Twizzlers in this book (thanks, Jamie Oliver!) ...Instead, there are bucketloads of tasty childhood favourites, like Sprinkle Cake, Roast Dinners, Cheese and Onion Pie, Chocolate Cake and Pink Custard, Butterscotch Tart, Sausage and...
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  • Foods and Culinary Utensils of the Ancients by Martyn, Charles
    Charles Martyn

    Foods and Culinary Utensils of the Ancients

    The book "" Foods and Culinary Utensils of the Ancients "" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present...
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  • The Official Guinness Cookbook Gift Set: Complete Cookbook + Exclusive LOGO Apron: Over 70 Recipes for Cooking and Baking from Ireland's Famous Brewer by Hennessy, Caroline
    Caroline Hennessy

    The Official Guinness Cookbook Gift Set: Complete Cookbook + Exclusive LOGO Apron: Over 70 Recipes for Cooking and Baking from Ireland's Famous Brewer

    Share the magic of Guinness beer with this deluxe gift set featuring the first full-length official Guinness cookbook and an exclusive apron--the perfect gift for the Guinness lover in your life. Guinness, one of the world's most iconic and beloved brewers, is famous for...
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  • Just the Tonic: A Natural History of Tonic Water by Nesbitt, Mark
    Mark Nesbitt

    Just the Tonic: A Natural History of Tonic Water

    Tonic water elicits images of sparkling drinks and stirred concoctions, but it has a history that reaches beyond the bar. Its roots go back centuries, starting with the Andes and the cinchona tree, and it had its start as a natural medicine instead of...
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  • Jewish Cooking in America: A Cookbook by Nathan, Joan
    Joan Nathan

    Jewish Cooking in America: A Cookbook

    This rich tapestry of more than three centuries of Jewish cooking in America gathers together some 335 kosher recipes, old and new. They come from both Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews who settled all over America, bringing with them a wide variety of regional flavors,...
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  • The Heart-Shaped Tin: Love, Loss, and Kitchen Objects by Wilson, Bee
    Bee Wilson

    The Heart-Shaped Tin: Love, Loss, and Kitchen Objects

    One August day, months after her marriage abruptly ended, a heart-shaped baking tin fell at Bee Wilson's feet: the same one she had used to bake her wedding cake twenty-three years prior. This discovery struck a wave of emotions that propelled her in search...
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  • Silk Roads: Recipes from Baku to Beijing by Ansari, Anna
    Anna Ansari

    Silk Roads: Recipes from Baku to Beijing

    The historic Silk Roads are the arteries along which people, goods, ideas, religions, and many other things have flowed. Iranian American cook and writer, Anna Ansari, is a former international trade lawyer and Chinese history scholar, who has been fascinated by the Silk Roads...
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  • Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings: The New Taste of German Cooking by Dunk, Anja
    Anja Dunk

    Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings: The New Taste of German Cooking

    A celebration of modern German home cooking from Anja Dunk's young family kitchen.Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings is a long-awaited revival of this underserved national cuisine, proving that there is more to German food than Bratwurst and Black Forest gateau.Anja Dunk's German food is gently...
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  • Selected Recipes with Culinary Herbs by Surridge D. Ed, Robert W.
    Robert W. Surridge D. Ed

    Selected Recipes with Culinary Herbs

    A 1943 cookbook created by the Columbus, Indiana Chapter of Bundles for America. Includes recipes submitted by several notables of the time including Eleanor Roosevelt. During World War II, Bundles for America branches across the country worked and raised money to provide knitted garments...
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  • Twain's Feast: Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens by Beahrs, Andrew
    Andrew Beahrs

    Twain's Feast: Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens

    "In this savory feast of ideas, Andrew Beahrs employs his curiosity and wit to reconstitute Twain's original literary ingredients into an American meal that is both delicious and elucidating." -- Nick Offerman One young food writer's search for America's lost wild foods, from New...
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  • The Comic Book History of the Cocktail: Five Centuries of Mixing Drinks and Carrying on by Wondrich, David
    David Wondrich

    The Comic Book History of the Cocktail: Five Centuries of Mixing Drinks and Carrying on

    A graphic novel history of the cocktail--from prehistoric wassail to our current boozy renaissance--featuring 20 recipes by drinks historian, Daily Beast columnist, and award-winning author David Wondrich. There's no better writer to tell the colorful history of cocktails than David Wondrich, widely considered to...
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  • The Secret Life of Chocolate Chip Cookies: Exciting New Ways to Enjoy Everyone's Favorite Dessert by Bates, Marissa Rothkopf
    Marissa Rothkopf Bates

    The Secret Life of Chocolate Chip Cookies: Exciting New Ways to Enjoy Everyone's Favorite Dessert

    This recipe collection is dedicated to everything chocolate chip cookie! Marissa Rothkopf Bates--host of the podcast The Secret Life of Cookies--is ready to turn any reader into a chocolate chip connoisseur. Show your love for America's most popular cookie with recipes from the 1938...
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  • Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America by Sherman, Sean
    Sean Sherman

    Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America

    Uncover the stories behind the foods that have linked the natural environments, traditions, and histories of Indigenous peoples across North America for millennia through more than 150 ancestral and modern recipes from three-time James Beard Award-winning Oglala Lakota chef Sean Sherman. Growing up on...
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  • 101 Teas to Steep Before You Die: The Ultimate Bucket List for the World's Most Popular Beverage by Melican, Nigel
    Nigel Melican

    101 Teas to Steep Before You Die: The Ultimate Bucket List for the World's Most Popular Beverage

    Tea has been a part of our culinary and cultural fabric for millennia. So how does one pick which one to drink? Which have the best flavors and textures? Which are the most culturally important or ecologically sound? Or even more simply, which will...
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  • Modern Cookery for Private Families: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, in a Series of Carefully Tested Receipts, in Which the Principles of Baron by Acton, Eliza
    Eliza Acton

    Modern Cookery for Private Families: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, in a Series of Carefully Tested Receipts, in Which the Principles of Baron

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • House-Keeping in the Sunny South by Frey, Valerie J.
    Valerie J. Frey

    House-Keeping in the Sunny South

    With its roots in the meetings of the Phoenix Agricultural Club of Marietta, Georgia, Ella Ruth Tennent's House-Keeping in the Sunny South offers nearly eight hundred food recipes, over seventy formulas for household compounds or medicines, and eight essays on managing various rooms of...
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  • Man Bites Dog: Hot Dog Culture in America by Kraig, Bruce
    Bruce Kraig

    Man Bites Dog: Hot Dog Culture in America

    Whether you call them franks, wieners, or red hots, hot dogs are as American as apple pie, but how did these little links become icons of American culture? Man Bites Dog explores the transformation of hot dogs from unassuming street fare to paradigms of...
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  • Bush Tucker: an introduction to the culinary delights in our backyard by Frost, Jane
    Jane Frost

    Bush Tucker: an introduction to the culinary delights in our backyard

    Discover the rich variety of Australian native foods. Written in short "bite-size" articles. This book will introduce you to 52 different foods that have been consumed for thousands of years.Learn about the names, history, medicinal and culinary uses of plants and insects from the...
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  • The new Housekeeper's Manual: Embracing a new Revised Edition of the American Woman's Home; or, Principles of Domestic Science. Being a Guide to Eco by Beecher, Catharine Esther
    Catharine Esther Beecher

    The new Housekeeper's Manual: Embracing a new Revised Edition of the American Woman's Home; or, Principles of Domestic Science. Being a Guide to Eco

    Originally published in 1869, this book is a comprehensive guide for housekeepers covering everything from cooking to cleaning to child-rearing. Beecher provides practical advice for running a household in an efficient, healthful, and Christian manner. This revised edition also includes the Handy Cookbook by...
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  • Colonial Christmas Cooking by Mitchell, Patricia B.
    Patricia B. Mitchell

    Colonial Christmas Cooking

    Colonial Christmas Cooking will assist those wishing to plan a Yule-themed dinner, as well as anyone interested in learning about historic foodways. Descriptions of different styles of celebrating the birth of Christ are presented - from the Moravians' devout joyousness to the Anglican's bubbly...
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  • Ice Cream: The Ultimate Cold Comfort by Quinzio, Jeri
    Jeri Quinzio

    Ice Cream: The Ultimate Cold Comfort

    "The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star," the noted gourmet Brillat-Savarin once wrote. If that's so, the discovery of ice cream must be worth a whole galaxy. And the name of the discoverer should...
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