Search Results: Food Writing and General Cookbooks from JWMah

Toronto: Random House of Canada, Limited, 2007. (CAD) First Printing. INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS to the title page: To J----/ Enjpy the local abundance, Alisa Smith, JB McKinnon', , no other markings, Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket. Boards, 266pp. The two authors live in Vancouver and they spent a year consuming food that came from within a 100-mile radius of their apartment. It would be a year without sugar, olive oil, rice, beer, and much more. Their experiences and lessons are encapsulated in this memoir. (1.6 JM LVR 204/b1. Inscribed By Authors. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder CO: Johnson Publishing Company, 1976. (USA) 4th eidtion No markings, Near Fine. Card cover side-stapled, 36pp, no illus. Recipes for wheat-free baking with creal-free baking powder, egg and milk substitutes, yeast free baking. (1.0 JM HOX 2/a14. 4th. Staple Bound. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Chicago: The Geographical Publishing Co., 1936. (USA) First Thus olive green banded cloth with blk titles, 256pp, index. The title page indicsates that is edition is "revised and enlarged" and the front cover says "Compliments of THE DETROIT TIMES". About 400 recipes with advice on canning, carving, weight control, etc. No markings, very clean hardly any wear to cover, VG, no Dj. (1.8 JM LVR 201/b1. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cape Town: Dayone Publishing, 2006. (RSA) 2nd printing. Owner's 8 word inscription plus date, no other markings, about Fine; no dust jacket as published. lavender on grey boards, patterned end papers, 264pp. Colour photos of families and people with reproductions of mostly hadwritten family recipes. Over a period of a year and a half, 120 South African families opened their doors to photographer Engelbrecht. The result is an honest documentation of family life with handwritten family recipes standing alongside tin-can specials., morongo or biltong. This is an appealling book exploring the real lives of South Africa, a nation of raconeurs, eccentrics and everyday people. A heavy book. (4.0 JM HOZ 402/4. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

New Castle DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1998. (USA) New in Shrinkwrap. Boards, 794pp. Illus. This is an essential reference for those interested in American cookbooks and related food subjects. It isa comprehensive bibliography of the famed cookbook collection of the Lilly Library at the Indiana University. This extensive collection covers gastronomy and cookery but also wine-making, diet, herb gardening, and household, hotel, and food management. This work is based on the original John Talbot Gerron collection to which Lilly Library has added over 300 additional titles. A heavy book. (5.0 JM HOQ 100/a4. Hardcover. As New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Brazil: Solar Do Rosario, 2005. (BRA) No markings, Fine; no dust jacket probably as published. Square format with plain book board covers imprinted with fork, red cloth spine, 112pp. There is a separate small recipe booklet in perfect condition in the pocket to the back of the book. Colour illustrations. There are 13 chapters, each dealing with a ethnic group who has made a culinary contribution to the region; from the Arabs, the Tropeiros, the italians, the Portuguese, the japanese, the Chinese, the indigenous peoples, as well as the Germans, Dutch, Ukrainians, Spaniards, and the Polish. Edition Not Stated The text is in Portugese and English (2/0 Jm HOX 402/b2. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2004. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Boards, 400pp, index. Colour photos and illus. Schwartz takes us on a culinary journey around New York's most interesting eateries, food stores, and bakeries of the Big Apple. There are stories and recipes. A great book for NYC fans. A heavy book. (4.5 JM HOQ 102/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by CALLIS, Chris. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

NY: Golden Press, 1976. (USA) Stated first printing, 1969. No markings, just a touch of rubbing to the base of spine at the cover, Fine copy; no Dust jacket as issued. Red boards with pie shape with colour photos in each of six sections, yellow printed endpaper with info on herbs and spices, [1-6] 7-480pp, index. Yellow printed endpapers with culinary information on herbs. Colour & B&W photos of prepared dishes Fool-proof recipes and kitchen tips, cooking and shopping hints. An excellent compilation of over 1600 recipes dating from the late 1960s (3.2. JM LVR 206/b3. 1st. Hard Cover. Fine (-)/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY: Golden Press, 1969. (USA) Stated first printing, 1969. Owner's name, no other markings, just a touch of rubbing to the cover corner tips, small spot spill to the top margin of pages 47 / 48, 49/ 50, crease to the edge of last two leaves, otherwise solid Very Good copy; no Dust jacket as issued. Red boards with pie shape with colour photos in each of six sections, the number 9822 is printed to the top of the spine, yellow printed endpaper with info on herbs and spices, [1-6] 7-480pp, index. Yellow printed endpapers with culinary information on herbs. Colour & B&W photos of prepared dishes Fool-proof recipes and kitchen tips, cooking and shopping hints. An excellent compilation of over 1600 recipes dating from the late 1960s a nice copy of the frist printing of this classic cookbook; A heavy book. (3.2. JM HOQ 102/6. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Prospect Books, 1987. (UK) First Edition No markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. . Blue cloth, 438pp, index. B&W frontis and B&W illus taken from old cookbooks. This is one of three excellent bibliographies on British cookery books published by Prospect Books and is an invaluable reference for the culinary historian and the collector. (3.3 JM HOJ 302/1. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY: Horizon Press, 1952. (USA) First American Edition from the British plaates. No markings, a touch of dust soiling to the top edge of pages, Very Good in Good only dust jacket with some loss to top edges of dust jackt and small chip to foot of spine; DJ colour is fresh and clean and DJ is now in a mylar sleeve. Orange cloth over boards with gold spine titles on brown spine block, [i-iv] v-xi [xii] [13-14] 15- 191pp, index. B&W chapter head illus. by John Minton. This was David's first book, based on recipes gathered when she lived in France, Italy, the Greek Islands, and Egypt. (1.5 JM HOQ 100/2. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by MiNTON, John. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London / NY: Prospect Books / Mansell, 1989. (UK) First Edition No markings, Fine in unclipped Fine Dj in mylar sleeve. White bds, 748pp, index. B&W illus. This is an annotated bibliography that provides full details of almost 1200 individual cook books, a majority of which have not been previously recorded, with many references to American works and editions. The book provides much information on the technology of housework, cookery, and eating habits in the latter part of the 1800s, with many illustrations of bindings, title-pages, frontispieces, and recipes (5.0 JM HOQ 100/6. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2005. (USA) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS to half title, Owner's 3 word inscription as well, no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Black boards, photo end papers, 244pp, index, Full-page colour photos of prepared dishes. Boulevard opened in San Francisco in 1993. This book presents 75 of their multifaceted recipes, each anchored by a main course and accompanied by recipes for side dishes: Veal chops with Porcini and Asiago stuffing; Buttermilk-brined fried little chickens; Chocolate Panna cotta. A handsomely produced heavy book. (4.0 JM LVR 201/b3. Inscribed By Authors. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

UK: Snook Publishing, 2010. (UK) INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: " Yours to enjoy / Kevin J. Snook", no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, [256]pp. Full page colour photos of prepared dishes and B&W portraits of the participating chefs. This beautiful book was published to support the Dan Snook Trust Foundation--a foundation dedicated to helping troubled and abused youth restore their hope for brighter horizons. Recipes for fishprovided by 26 internationally known chefs from 14 different countries, including Ignatius Chan, Yoshihiro Narisawa, Clare Smyth, Thomas Keller. The recipe for Shrimp with lemon and cranberry by Grant Achatz is a playful delight and the Triggerfish by Masa Takayama with white truffle looks delicious. A heavy oversize book. (4.5 JM HOJ 300/5. Inscribed By Author. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Malaysia: Universiti Brunei Darussalam , 1993. (MALAY) 2nd printing, 1993. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "His Excellermcy Mr. Gardiner J. Wilson , Mrs Suchitra Wilson and Family/ With best wishes/ Tinggal, 29th July 1999, the Author", no other markings, the covers are very slightly bowed, otherwise Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with one closed edge tear; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Yellow cloth, 148pp, index, colour photos throughout. This monograph on fruits in Brunei was written by a professor of biology at the University of Brunei. The photo are quite good. The text is breif and there is no information on how to use or eat the fruit. The text is in English. A heavy book (3.5 JM LVR 200/b6. Inscribed By Author. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Peru: Marisabel Guiulfo Zender, 2012. (Peru) "Primera edicion, 2000 ejemplares" First edition of 2000 copies, so stated in Spanish. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, no page numbers,about 280pages, 4 ribbon markers, colour photos with specially designed post cards with text in Spanish,and business card of the author laid into the book. Marisa Guiulfo, the cook who was a pillar of the Peruvian national gastronomy and spread in style the best of our recipe book, supplies and millenary tradition died in 2021. This book won the Gourmand World Cookbook in the Entertainment category in China. It is not just a cookbook with recipes, but a graphic memoir of her life. The book was edited by Marisa Guiulfo herself, the executive production was in charge of Andrea Romero, while the conceptualization and design was by Verónica Majluf and Ralph Bauer, who gave the book the particular and special style that ended up winning the world competition. THr design of the book used… Read More

Scarborough: Prentice-Hall, 1992. (CAD) 1st printing. No markings, Very Good in Good only dust jacket with crease down length of front flap and two tears to head of spine some light scuffing to rear panel; Dj is in mylar sleeve. Folio, red bds, printed endpapers, xx, 254pp, index. Attractive colour photos of prepared dishes augmented with B&W historic photos of home kitchens, women cooking, picnics, etc. The team of Ferguson and Fraser have written many wonderful cookbooks (among them THE CANADIAN LIVING COOKBOOK). This book is organized into decades starting with 1900-1909, and ending in the 1990s. The topics covered in each decade are diverse--from the imapct of media on Canadian eating habits to how kitchens have changed. Each chapter includes recipes typical of the period--Edwardian picnics, wartime specials, Depression recipes, along with Canadian classics such as Nanaimo bars and Butter tarts. All the 400 recipes have been tested. As well this book contains the most extensive… Read More

Toronto ON: William Neilson Ltd., 1975. (CAD) Presumed 1st eidtion, No markings, Fine. 21.5 x 14 cm, card covers with photo of chocolate desserts, mixing spoons, and walnuts, side stapled, 1-20pp.. Line illus. This is a collection of recipes for chocolate cakes, brownies, cookies, hot chocolate using Neilsen Cocoa. No date given; a guess at mid 1970s. (1.0 JM HOX 1/a18. 1st. Staple Bound. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Harper & Row, 1981. (USA) First Printing No markings, Fine in clipped Very Good Dj with crease to front falps and just a hint of sunning to the spine. Dj is in mylar sleeve. Thick 8vo, navy cloth, xii, 547pp. A few line dawings.A few recipes are included. A serious and important work of reference, but also extremely readable. A must for the cook. Entries from Abalone (in which the author notes that "in Japan, abalone fishing is done by almost naked girls called ama who went down to a depth of 40 feet wearing no more than a G-string...") to Zucchini, edited and amplified for American readers by Millie Owen. Elizabeth David says that this book is "an important work of reference. It is also vastly entertaining". (3.0 JM HOJ 304/2. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cologne: Konemann, 2004. (GER) 2nd Printing Owner's Christmas inscription to end paper, no other markings, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with fine scuff mark to rear panel . 31.5 x 27 cm, Folio, boards, 496pp, index. lavishly illustrated with 1400 Colour photos thoughout, Italian food and foodstuffs of lovingly presented. A wonderful visual and gastronomic tour of Italy. A heavy book. (7.5 JM HOJ 300/6. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.