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Recipes from vintage cooking booklets and antique cookbooks.

Mary Lincoln's 1884 cookbook, The Boston Cook Book.
1800s / Cookbooks and Booklets / Recipes

Fannie Farmer copied Mary Lincoln. This we know. Yet, who did Lincoln copy?

Fannie Farmer copied Mary Lincoln. This we know. Yet, who did Lincoln copy? Seymour
Recipe for one of the First Potato Chip Casserole Recipes.
1930s / Recipes

Chipping away at History: Katharine Shultz’s Potato Chip Casserole

Chipping away at History: Katharine Shultz’s Potato Chip Casserole Seymour
hors d'oeuvres painting detail by Gustave Caillebotte
1930s / Recipes

Hors D’Oeuvres Planning

Hors D’Oeuvres Planning Seymour
Cover of Olive S. Allen's cookbook for Crisco, "200 Tested Recipes."
Biographies / Plant-based

Olive S. Allen: A French Home Cook Writes Crisco Recipe Book

Olive S. Allen: A French Home Cook Writes Crisco Recipe Book Seymour
Knox Rainbow Wafer candies recipe.
Recipes

1934 – Is this a NECCO Wafer?

1934 – Is this a NECCO Wafer? Seymour
Recipes

1916 History of “Hawaiian Punch”

1916 History of “Hawaiian Punch” Seymour
Recipe for Shrimp Wiggle cooked in a chafing dish.
Recipes

Chafing Dish Shrimp Wiggle

Chafing Dish Shrimp Wiggle Seymour
Brownies, dessert recipe from The Boston Cooking School Cook Book, 1906 edition.
1900-1909 / Recipes

First Brownie: Fannie Farmer, Mrs. Palmer

First Brownie: Fannie Farmer, Mrs. Palmer Seymour
Beef Stroganoff recipe from French cooking for every home. Adapted to American requirements, by François Tanty, 1893.
1890s / Recipes

1893 Beef Stroganoff Recipe

1893 Beef Stroganoff Recipe Seymour

Vintage Cakes &c.

1935 Blue ribbon winner from Hero, Vermont for Sno-Sheen flour.

1935 Winner of the Pillsbury Blue Ribbon, Ella Way

September 4, 2023November 7, 2023

Dainty Dishes booklet by Maria Parloa.

Maria Parloa COOKBOOKS and BOOKLETS

August 31, 2023October 25, 2023

Watermelon Cake.

1930s New Party Cakes for All Occasions – Gold Medal – Watermelon Cake, etc. – Betty Crocker cake recipe booklet

March 23, 2023October 9, 2023

Boy and a girl eating sandwiches.

The Versatility of Baker’s Yeast: Uncovering Forgotten Uses from Yeast Booklets on eBay

August 2, 2022August 15, 2023

c. 1920: A Selection of Choice Recipes

January 5, 2014August 25, 2023

Kitchen Stories

training a cook, first day luncheon.

Eureka! Cottage Life, Part II: Teaching the Cook, 1880s

September 19, 2023September 20, 2023

Davy Crockett's Tennessee log cabin.

Meal to Meal with Davy Crockett

August 13, 2023August 18, 2023

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