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Seafood Sauce Recipes from Cooking in Old Creole Days, 1904, 1928.

Posted on March 15, 2023
by Cara
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Seafood Sauce Recipes from Cooking in Old Creole Days, 1904: Here's great recipes from an historic cookbook, Cooking in Old Creole Days, 1904. Of course we have the cookbook. See it here: https://www.vintagecookbook.com/product/cooking-in-old-creole-days/ Cooking in Old Creole Days, 1904, Rare First Edition, First Printing: This…

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Mrs. Lincoln’s Forefathers’ Day Dinner

Posted on March 6, 2023
by Cara

Mrs. Lincoln's Forefathers' Day Dinner: Here's a recipe for succotash, the featured dish during an up-coming holiday that you may not know. Forefathers' Day is celebrated in Plymouth, Massachusetts on December 22 every year. (Curious about Forefathers' Day? https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/forefathers-day/) Since Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book…

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200 Years of Charleston Cooking: St. Cecelia Ball

Posted on March 5, 2023
by Cara

200 Years Charleston Cooking: St. Cecelia Ball: I've said before, 200 Years of Charleston Cooking is my all-time favorite antique cookbook. Here's an excellent example of why it's my favorite. Oyster Stew with Mace recipe along with the charming discussion of the St. Cecelia Ball,…

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Mrs. Lincoln’s Boston Cook Book, 1884, 1891

Posted on March 5, 2023
by Cara

Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book, 1884, 1893: First edition, 1893 printing of one of the most famous antique cookbooks of the United States, Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book, published in 1884 by Roberts Brothers, Boston. Probably the most famous American cookbook. Mrs. Lincoln's copyright was…

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Cooking and Castle Building, 1880: Yeast

Posted on March 3, 2023
by Cara

Cooking and Castle Building: Yeast. I must confess, I didn't have a clue about yeast. That is, I had no idea where it came from. Do you? Here, from Emma P. Ewing's 1880, 1890 cookbook-as-novel, Cooking and Castle Building, is a yeast recipe! Cooking and…

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1903 Good Housekeeping’s Pudding Recipes

Posted on March 2, 2023
by Cara

1903 Good Housekeeping's Pudding Recipes: Here's great recipes from the 1903 Good Housekeeping Everyday Cook Book: Chocolate Hearts. Can you imagine trying to cook when you have to have the oven "not as cool as for meringues, not quite so hot as for sponge cake."…

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Stracciatella in Brodo di Gallina Leone’s Italian Cookbook, 1967

Posted on March 2, 2023
by Cara

Stracciatella in Brodo di Gallina from Leone's Italian Cookbook, 1967: Here's a great version of the classic Italian egg drop soup. Of course we have the cookbook. See it here: https://www.vintagecookbook.com/product/leones-italian-cookbook/ Leone’s Italian Cookbook, by Gene Leone, Foreward by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Published in 1967…

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Jolly Times Cook Book Vegetable Jumble

Posted on March 2, 2023
by Cara

Jolly Times Cook Book Vegetable Jumble: Jolly Times Cook Book: Simple Recipes for Young Beginners, by Marjorie Noble Osborn, with wonderful illustrations by Clarence Biers. Jolly Times was published in 1934. The fictional little girls who are learning to cook in this book are ten…

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Good Housekeeping 1944 Pancakes!

Posted on March 1, 2023
by Cara

Good Housekeeping 1944 Pancakes: It's National Pancake Day! So here's a astonishingly good, extremely high calorie recipe for Adirondack Griddle Cakes, from the 1944 edition of the Good Housekeeping Cook Book. Yes, we have the cookbook, here: https://www.vintagecookbook.com/?post_type=product&p=495. Good Housekeeping Cook Book 1944 with…

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Two Caramel Recipes from Candy Book, Culinary Arts Press, 1938

Posted on March 1, 2023
by Cara

Two Caramel Recipes from Candy Book, Culinary Arts Press, 1938, Three Mountaineers, Inc.: Two Caramel Recipes from Candy Book, Culinary Arts Press, 1938, Three Mountaineers, Inc.Yes, we have the cookbook. See it here: https://vintagecookbook.com/product/candy-book-culinary-arts-press-1938-three-mountaineers-inc/ Candy Book, Culinary Arts Press, 1938, Three Mountaineers, Inc.: Charming wooden frame…