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1924 Housekeeping booklet cover showing ancient man preparing food by the water
1920s / All Foods, General / Cookbooks and Booklets

1924 Housekeeping, the Oldest and Greatest Industry – Dr Miles Remedies

1924 Housekeeping, the Oldest and Greatest Industry – Dr Miles Remedies Seymour
McNess Chemist, Manufacturing goodwill cookbook from 1915.
1910s / All Foods, General / Cookbooks and Booklets

1915 F. W. McNess’ Cook Book

1915 F. W. McNess’ Cook Book Seymour
Young couple pulling pink taffy framed within a heart.
1910s / All Foods, General / Cookbooks and Booklets

c. 1919: Lydia Pinkham Sweets

c. 1919: Lydia Pinkham Sweets Seymour
Grandmother-aged woman wearing white apron taking baked goods from the oven.
1910s / All Foods, General / Cookbooks and Booklets

c. 1915: Good Bread

c. 1915: Good Bread Seymour
Uncle Sam giving solace and guidance for wheat substitutes in bread making during WWI.
1910s / All Foods, General / Cookbooks and Booklets

1918: Recipes for War Breads (less wheat)

1918: Recipes for War Breads (less wheat) Seymour
woman with apron pointing to hoosier cabinet to jars of pickled foods.
1910s / All Foods, General / Cookbooks and Booklets

1917: How to do Pickling

1917: How to do Pickling Seymour
mother kneeling taking baked loaf out of oven while her young boy looks on.
1920s / All Foods, General / Cookbooks and Booklets

c. 1924 Dr Miles Cook Book

c. 1924 Dr Miles Cook Book Seymour
circa 1910s woman chef toasting, grilling meats.
1910s / All Foods, General / Cookbooks and Booklets

c. 1910 Recipes for Cooking Meats, Fish…

c. 1910 Recipes for Cooking Meats, Fish… Seymour
Jayne company preserving booklet with woman holding up colorful preserved fruit jar.
1920s / All Foods, General / Cookbooks and Booklets

1927: A Handbook for Preserving, Canning & Pickling

1927: A Handbook for Preserving, Canning & Pickling Seymour
Woman in red dress and apron in kitchen baking with Victorian wood-burning stove in background
1910s / All Foods, General / Cookbooks and Booklets

1910: Dr Miles Cook Book

1910: Dr Miles Cook Book Seymour
How to Be Polite, book from 1887.
1880s / All Foods, General / Cookbooks and Booklets

1887: How to Be Polite… How to Eat…

1887: How to Be Polite… How to Eat… Seymour
Handwritten Cookbook
All Foods, General / Cookbooks and Booklets

eBooks

eBooks Seymour
1930s radio, front facing.
All Foods, General / Cookbooks and Booklets

Aunt Sammy’s Radio Show

Aunt Sammy’s Radio Show Seymour
Larkin package of spice from 1913.
All Foods, General / Cookbooks and Booklets

Ode to a old Larkin cookbook

Ode to a old Larkin cookbook 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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