Cooking, Gardening and Domestic Arts Rare & Antiquarian Books

Botanical guides and culinary texts. Nothing defines our cultures and civilizations more that the way we live at home and our rules of hospitality. From garden guides to agricultural techniques; recipes for home cooks as well as acclaimed chefs, and books on wine, brewing, and cocktail crafts, the domestic arts rare book room offers a wide variety of options available from independent booksellers around the globe.

Cooking

From the recipes that flavored your childhood to the domestic documents of times gone by.

Books About Food

More prose than recipes, here are books written about food; from cultural studies of cuisine to poetry and technical guides.

Gardening

From lovely wild hedgerows to cottage gardens, herbs and flower bouquets, the field of botany has been beautifully rendered in many a book.

Beer and brewing

Strong ale through the ages has inspired truth, art, song and merriment... and these books.

Wine

In vino veritas, in this gallery there are books on producing, collecting, storing and enjoying wine.

Drinks and Beverages

From coffee and tea to stronger libations. Recipes, manuals and treatises on the philosophy behind the liquid accompaniment to our day.