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Public-domain cookbooks from 1880 to 1929, scanned, preserved word for word, and readable beside modern interpretations. Every recipe traces back to its page.

103books on the shelf95,820recipe records

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1880s19 books · 14,462 records1890s22 books · 23,873 records1900s34 books · 29,196 records1910s20 books · 23,412 records1920s8 books · 4,877 records

The 1880s19 books

A year's cookeryPhillis Browne1880
382 pages523 records
Miss Parloa's new cook book and marketing guideMaria Parloa1880
213 pages701 records
Cookery and housekeepingReeve, Henry Mrs.1882
204 pages541 records
Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guideM'Millan, Alexander M. D.1882
149 pages668 records
Myra's cookery bookUniversity of Leeds. Library1883
181 pages0 records
The hearthstone; or, Life at homeLaura C. Holloway1883
378 pages518 records
[Modern cookery, in all its branchesEliza Acton1884
562 pages1,053 records
Mrs. Lincoln's Boston cook bookLincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,"1884
315 pages678 records
The new Kentucky home cook bookMaysville (Ky.). Methodist Episcopal Church, South.1884
188 pages880 records
Virginia Cookery-bookMary Stuart Smith1884
152 pages599 records
Miss Corson's practical American cookery and household managementJuliet Corson1885
312 pages685 records
Cooking for profitJessup Whitehead1886
372 pages816 records
Handbook of practical cookeryMatilda Lees Dods1886
193 pages536 records
The household (of the Detroit free press)Goff, May Perrin,1886
553 pages1,172 records
Miss Parloa's kitchen companionMaria Parloa1887
503 pages1,227 records
Original White House CookbookHugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette1887
376 pages1,339 records
Temperance cook bookMary G. Smith1887
153 pages731 records
Dora's cook bookDora E. Fairfield1888
91 pages757 records
The tableAlexander Filippini1889
358 pages1,038 records

The 1890s22 books

The encyclopædia of practical cookeryTheodore Francis Garrett1890
581 pages1,476 records
The new practical housekeepingEstelle Woods Wilcox1890
602 pages1,491 records
The Pattern cook-bookButterick Publishing Company1890
269 pages715 records
Practical household cookeryE. Duret1891
206 pages661 records
Recipes for the million1891
239 pages694 records
Vegetarian cookeryMartha Brotherton1891
159 pages624 records
Buckeye cookery1892
376 pages755 records
Cassell's dictionary of cookeryCassell & Company1892
2,372 pages6,256 records
Practical gastronomy and culinary dictionaryCharles Herman Senn1892
423 pages0 records
The encyclopaedia of practical cookeryTheodore Francis Garrett, William A. Rawson1892
577 pages1,499 records
The century cook bookJennie A. Hansey1894
199 pages664 records
The white ribbon cook bookKathryn Armstrong1894
135 pages688 records
The thorough good cookGeorge Augustus Sala1895
264 pages772 records
Boston Cooking-School cook bookFannie Merritt Farmer, Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", James B. Herndon , Herndon/Vehling Collection, Sam Sloan, D. A. Lincoln1896
358 pages1,624 records
The new home cook book1896
159 pages764 records
Miss Cameron's cookery bookIda Cameron1898
93 pages520 records
Mrs. Roundell's Practical cookery bookRoundell, Charles Mrs1898
395 pages924 records
The housewife's refereeHarriet Anne de Salis, University of Leeds Library1898
184 pages519 records
Mrs. Maclurcan's cookery bookH. Maclurcan1899
150 pages747 records
The art of cookeryEmma P. Ewing1899
161 pages681 records
The Ideal cook bookAnne Clarke1899
176 pages782 records
The New century cook book1899
157 pages1,017 records

The 1900s34 books

Royal Victoria cook bookOnt.). Woman's Auxiliary Royal Victoria Hospital (Barrie1900
79 pages561 records
The complete cook bookRees, Jennie Day Mrs.1900
160 pages650 records
The household gas cookery bookHelen Edden1900
146 pages512 records
The "A1" cookery bookH. N. L.1901
112 pages502 records
The new century cookery bookCharles Herman Senn1901
602 pages1,417 records
The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook bookJohnson, Alice A.,1901
263 pages538 records
Consult meRobert Kemp Philp1902
541 pages1,218 records
Harper's cook book encyclopædia1902
499 pages1,785 records
Mrs. Seely's Cook Book: A Manual of French and American Cookery : with ..Lida Seely1902
221 pages710 records
The household cook bookSmiley, James B[ethuel],1902
482 pages1,765 records
With a saucepan over the seaAdelaide Keen1902
87 pages553 records
Kentucky receipt bookMary Harris Frazer1903
219 pages1,508 records
Practical gastronomyCharles Herman Senn1903
126 pages0 records
The Landmarks club cook bookThe Landmarks club, Los Angeles, Calif.1903
145 pages772 records
The Blue grass cook bookMinnie C. Fox1904
82 pages534 records
Vegetarian Cook BookE. G. Fulton, Edward Fulton1904
103 pages492 records
Superior cook bookGrace Church (Ishpeming, Mich.)1905
134 pages710 records
The economical cook bookSara T. Paul1905
150 pages670 records
The home cook bookChristine Frederick1905
220 pages888 records
The new Annie Dennis cook bookAnnie E. Dennis1905
206 pages1,020 records
The Times cook book, no. 2Los Angeles Times1905
176 pages861 records
Twentieth century home cook bookFrancis Carruthers1905
273 pages802 records
How we cook in Tennessee ..Jackson (Tenn.). First Baptist Church. The Silver Thimble Society.1906
174 pages1,031 records
San Rafael cook book, 1906Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress)1906
99 pages661 records
Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistantAdeline O. Goessling1907
219 pages999 records
Fruit recipesBerry, Riley Maria Fletcher Mrs.1907
137 pages544 records
Kirmess cook book1907
217 pages985 records
Lowney's cook bookMaria Willett Howard1907
137 pages887 records
Paul Richards' book of breads, cakes, pastries, ices and sweetmeatsPaul Richards1907
195 pages568 records
The King's College Hospital book of cooking recipesKing's College Hospital1907
109 pages670 records
The Monmouth Baptist ladies' cook bookMarian B. Sexton1907
147 pages842 records
The Rural cook book1907
147 pages762 records
A guide to modern cookeryA. Escoffier1909
489 pages1,551 records
Tried favourites cookery bookKirk, E. W. Mrs1909
221 pages1,228 records

The 1910s20 books

Banquets of the nationsRobert H. Christie1911
272 pages1,116 records
Good Things to Eat as Suggested by RufusRufus Estes1911
94 pages533 records
Scientific cooking with scientific methodsSarah E. Woodworth Craig1911
177 pages742 records
Lessons in cooking through preparation of mealsEva Roberta Robinson1912
248 pages752 records
Soyer's standard cookeryNicolas Soyer1912
297 pages1,297 records
The Cook County cook bookAssociated College Women Workers1912
393 pages2,257 records
A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipesMarion Harris Neil1913
143 pages626 records
Around-the-world cook bookMary Louise Barroll1913
122 pages548 records
The Institute cook bookHelen Cramp1913
195 pages1,040 records
The Portland Woman's Exchange Cook BookPortland Woman's Exchange (Or.)1913
98 pages660 records
Cookery for every householdFlorence B. Jack1914
1,096 pages2,753 records
European and American cuisineLemcke, Mrs. Gesine Knubel1914
402 pages1,357 records
The Henderson cook bookFirst Baptist Church (Henderson, N.C.). Ladies' Aid Society1914
95 pages583 records
The Worcester domestic science school's one year course laboratory cook bookWorcester domestic science school, Worcester, Mass.1914
134 pages554 records
The bride's cook bookEdgar William Briggs1915
138 pages618 records
The Toronto Cook BookPowell, E. J. Mrs.,d.b. 18531915
186 pages1,308 records
Mary Jane's cook bookMary Jane, Sophie D. Coe1916
133 pages933 records
The national course in home economicsRuth Allen Beezley1917
404 pages1,841 records
The Swedish, French, American cook bookHammond, Maria Mathilda (Ericsson) Mrs.1918
682 pages2,454 records
The Hotel St. Francis cook bookHirtzler, Victor.1919
311 pages1,440 records

The 1920s8 books

Magnet users cook bookPetrie Manufacturing Co1920
84 pages542 records
The Twin-city housewifeN.C.) International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons. Whatsoever Circle (Winston-Salem1920
79 pages561 records
Atlanta women's club cook bookAtlanta woman's club1921
143 pages804 records
Delta Gamma cook book1922
109 pages793 records
The art of German cooking and bakingLina Wachtelborn Meier1922
197 pages1,027 records
The farm cook & rule bookNell Beaubien Nichols1923
144 pages626 records
DelicaciesThursday Club (San Diego, Calif.)1929
68 pages524 records
The international cook bookMargaret Weimer Heywood1929
157 pages0 records

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