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Cooking & Household

Historic cookbooks and household manuals.

Mrs Beeton, Escoffier and the regional cookbooks that record what people actually ate, with recipes that still work.

The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. I. Being the First of the First Voyage.
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The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. I. Being the First of the First Voyage.

James Cook

The Theory and Practice of Brewing
Public Domain
Ebook

The Theory and Practice of Brewing

Michael Combrune

The Art of Preserving All Kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances for Several Years, 2nd ed.: A work published by the order of the French minister of the interior, on the report of the Board of arts and manufactures
Public Domain
Ebook

The Art of Preserving All Kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances for Several Years, 2nd ed.: A work published by the order of the French minister of the interior, on the report of the Board of arts and manufactures

Nicolas Appert

American Cookery: November, 1921
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Ebook

American Cookery: November, 1921

Various

The Border and the Buffalo: An Untold Story of the Southwest Plains: The Bloody Border of Missouri and Kansas. The Story of the Slaughter of the Buffalo. Westward among the Big Game and Wild Tribes. A Story of Mountain and Plain
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The Border and the Buffalo: An Untold Story of the Southwest Plains: The Bloody Border of Missouri and Kansas. The Story of the Slaughter of the Buffalo. Westward among the Big Game and Wild Tribes. A Story of Mountain and Plain

John R. Cook

The Practical Distiller: An Introduction To Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Spirits, &c. &c. of Better Quality, and in Larger Quantities, than Produced by the Present Mode of Distilling, from the Produce of the United States
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The Practical Distiller: An Introduction To Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Spirits, &c. &c. of Better Quality, and in Larger Quantities, than Produced by the Present Mode of Distilling, from the Produce of the United States

Samuel McHarry

Culinary Chemistry: The Scientific Principles of Cookery, with Concise Instructions for Preparing Good and Wholesome Pickles, Vinegar, Conserves, Fruit Jellies, Marmalades, and Various Other Alimentary Substances Employed in Domestic Economy, with Observations on the Chemical Constitution and Nutritive Qualities of Different Kinds of Food.
Public Domain
Ebook

Culinary Chemistry: The Scientific Principles of Cookery, with Concise Instructions for Preparing Good and Wholesome Pickles, Vinegar, Conserves, Fruit Jellies, Marmalades, and Various Other Alimentary Substances Employed in Domestic Economy, with Observations on the Chemical Constitution and Nutritive Qualities of Different Kinds of Food.

Friedrich Christian Accum

A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons: Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy
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A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons: Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy

Friedrich Christian Accum

Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and How to Distinguish Them: A Selection of Thirty Native Food Varieties Easily Recognizable by their Marked Individualities, with Simple Rules for the Identification of Poisonous Species
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Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and How to Distinguish Them: A Selection of Thirty Native Food Varieties Easily Recognizable by their Marked Individualities, with Simple Rules for the Identification of Poisonous Species

W. Hamilton Gibson

The Modern Housewife or, Ménagère: Comprising Nearly One Thousand Receipts, for the Economic and Judicious Preparation of Every Meal of the Day, with those of The Nursery and Sick Room, and Minute Directions for Family Management in All its Branches.
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The Modern Housewife or, Ménagère: Comprising Nearly One Thousand Receipts, for the Economic and Judicious Preparation of Every Meal of the Day, with those of The Nursery and Sick Room, and Minute Directions for Family Management in All its Branches.

Alexis Soyer

The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887): Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc.; The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home
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The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887): Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc.; The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home

F. L. Gillette

The English Housekeeper: Or, Manual of Domestic Management: Containing advice on the conduct of household affairs and practical instructions concerning the store-room, the pantry, the larder, the kitchen, the cellar, the dairy; the whole being intended for the use of young ladies who undertake the superintendence of their own housekeeping
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The English Housekeeper: Or, Manual of Domestic Management: Containing advice on the conduct of household affairs and practical instructions concerning the store-room, the pantry, the larder, the kitchen, the cellar, the dairy; the whole being intended for the use of young ladies who undertake the superintendence of their own housekeeping

Anne Cobbett

Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi: How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc.
Public Domain
Ebook

Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi: How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc.

Charles McIlvaine

Science in the Kitchen: A Scientific Treatise On Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, Together with a Practical Explanation of the Principles of Healthful Cookery, and a Large Number of Original, Palatable, and Wholesome Recipes
Public Domain
Ebook

Science in the Kitchen: A Scientific Treatise On Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, Together with a Practical Explanation of the Principles of Healthful Cookery, and a Large Number of Original, Palatable, and Wholesome Recipes

E. E. Kellogg

Money-Saving Main Dishes
Public Domain
Audiobook

Money-Saving Main Dishes

Anonymous

The Story of a Loaf of Bread
Public Domain
Audiobook

The Story of a Loaf of Bread

Thomas Barlow Wood

The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery
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Audiobook

The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery

Juliet Corson

The Soup and Sauce Book
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The Soup and Sauce Book

Elizabeth Douglas

The Chemistry of Cookery
Public Domain
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The Chemistry of Cookery

W. Mattieu Williams

Ryzon Baking Book
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Audiobook

Ryzon Baking Book

Marion Harris Neil

Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus
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Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus

Rufus Estes

The Italian Cook Book
Public Domain
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The Italian Cook Book

Maria Gentile

The Complete Book of Cheese
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The Complete Book of Cheese

Bob Brown

The American Housewife
Public Domain
Audiobook

The American Housewife

Anonymous