Search Results: Cooking and Food Writing from Pistil Books Online

French Apple Press, 2011. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 188 pages.

Ayurvedic Pr, 2014. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear only, creaseless covers and spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.

N Y: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Stated First Edition. Open and closed tears on dust jacket. Pasta endpapers. 6 1/4""w x 8 1/4""h. 236 pages.

Waseca, MN: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1974. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 400 pages. Slight bumps to top and bottom of spine and small indentation on bright gold cover. Many b&w photos. Topics include Meats, Fish and Sea Foods, Desserts, Drinks, ""Gut Bomb"" Problem, How the Weiner Originated, and Some Very Dangerous Foods to Avoid.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1943. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Full tan cloth boards with edge wear. Light stains on side page ends and light spots on cover. Some cooking stains inside, but mostly clean pages. Seventh edition, completely revised by Wilma Lord Perkins. 830 pages, plus advertisements.

1970. Hard Cover. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Metal comb binding inside cloth hardback. Many color illustrations. 204 pages. 5 3/4""w x 8 1/4""h. Take a can of beans, try a can of spaghetti, open a can of bounty pudding... soup for all occasions!

Wei Chuans Cooking, 1982. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 7 1/8""w x 10 1/4""h. 152 pages. Filled with bright color photos of amazing garnishes in the shapes of butterflies, fish, flowers, and more.

N Y: Rutledge Books, 1976. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 192 pages. 6 3/8""w x 9 3/8""h. Full green cloth boards. Small tears on dust jacket. ""The book progresses logically through the meal, from the many kinds of appetizers to the whole array of desserts, suggesting tasty--and tasteful-- ways to dress up every sort of food. Recipes are given only for those dishes not usually found in general cookbooks, but garnishing and decorating information covers all foods, from the simplest to the most complicated.""

N Y: Prentice - Hall, 1947. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 148 pages. Includes recipes and techniques for demonstrating and teaching cooking and food preparation in 1947. Many b&w photos and illustrations. ""High heeled, toeless shoes have no place on the lecture platform....A low voice pleasingly modulated with the use of inflections to emphasize a point is much easier to listen to and much less tiresome than a voice that drones on in monotone.""

N Y: Perennial Library, 1974. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Light wear to cover. Age-toned pages. 172 pages. Previous owner's inscription inside. Stated First Printing.

DueffeEdizioni. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 63 pages in small format, no publication date, may not have been ""published."" Rare.

Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1995. Oversize Paperback. Very Good. Wear and creases to cover and a bit of curl to top of text block.. 228 pages. Compiled, edited, illustrated, and hand-lettered by Mollie Katzen. A 1995 reprint of the classic cookbook.

N Y: Bloomsbury, 2016. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. A new, unread book in excellent condition. 294 pages.

Princeton: Pyne Press, 1972. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full beige cloth boards. Edge wear and open tear on dust jacket. 259 pages. plus index.

N Y: Little, Brown & Co., 1965. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Metallic gold cover and brown ribbon bookmark. Light wear to dust jacket. Eleventh edition, revised and enlarged. Drawings by Alison Mason Kingsbury. 624 pages.

Canada: Caitlin Press, 2015. Trade Paperback. Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 256 pages.

Austin, TX: Acres U.S.A., 2005. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. 220 pages.

Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2010. Oversize Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. XL. A clean,unmarked book with a tight binding. In slightly scuffed clear plastic dust jacket. 398 pages.

Chicago: Follet Publishing Company, 1965. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Buelow, Jon. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small tears and edge wear to dust jacket. Full teal cloth boards. Large inscription on the front endpaper - possibly that of the illustrator? Includes mini-bios of famous people-- Cleopatra, Immanual Kant, Isaac Newton, Honore de Balzac, and others, along with illustrated recipes and sample menus for your next impressive dinner party.

N Y: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 103 pages. 8 1/8""w x 8 1/4""h. Slight wear to dust jacket. ""This unique and imaginative collection of fifty different garnishes demonstrates the delightful technique of Mukimono, the art of slicing fruits and vegetables."" Some of the garnishes included are carrot blossoms, cucumber twigs, flying fish (from cucumber), egg rabbit, square egg, radish mushrooms, turnip chicks, and squash feather -- just to name a few!