Food And Wine from AARDWOLF Fine Books

Raduga Publishers, Moscow, 2001; First Edition; 10 1/2", 288 pages; illustrated. Traditional Russian cook book, with delicious recipes for everything from soup to desserts. Full chapters on Appetizers and Salads; Soups; Meats; Fish; Vegetables and Mushrooms; Cereals; Breads and Puddings; Eggs, Cottage Cheese, and Milk; Kissel and Beverages; Meat Dumplings, Klotskas and Noodles; Pastry; Different Types Of Kvass… Read more about this item

Restaurant Majestic, Acapulco, Mexico, 1954; Dinner menu from Hotel Majestic, Acapulco, for October 10, 1954. Complete dinners with steak or lobster, soup, dessert, and coffee were but twelve pesos, a total of 96¢ at the time. Fine condition. Clean, crisp, and bright.

Arnaud’s Restaurant, New Orleans, LA, 1947; Menu for October 11, 1947 from legendary Arnaud’s French Restaurant on Bienville Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. A La Carte dishes and daily specials, all with eye opening prices by today’s standards: Filet Mignon $2.00, Half a Broiled Lobster $1.00, Shrimp Arnaud, Jackson Soup, Chicken Clemenceau, Asparagus Salad, plus… Read more about this item

Hotel Geneve, Mexico City, 1954; Lunch and Dinner menus for Oct. 19th and Oct. 21, 1954 from historic Hotel Geneve in Mexico City’s posh ‘Zona Rosa’. Colorful illustrations of Mexican culinary utensils at left. Astonishing prices by today’s standards. Diners could, for example, feast upon sirloin steak with potatoes and vegetable for 11 pesos (88¢), and top it… Read more about this item

Model Cafe, Anchorage, AK, 1953; Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Menus, with prices, for Monday, July 27, 1953, from the old "Model Cafe" on 2nd St. in Anchorage, Alaska. Amongst the items offered are Prime Rib for $2.75, Roast Turkey $2.50, Halibut Cheeks $1.75, Halibut Steak $1.75, and Crab Louie $2.50. Lunch menu printed on paper stock, breakfast and… Read more about this item

Hotel Telva, Taxco, Mexico, 1954; Supper Menu from Hotel Rancho Telva, Taxco, Mexico, October 25, 1954 from the halcyon days when fifteen pesos ($1.20 at the time) would buy a complete Roast Leg Of Lamb Dinner including soup, salad, potatoes, vegetables, dessert, and coffee. Photo of the hotel at lower left. Fine condition, clean, crisp, bright, no chips… Read more about this item

U. S. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1965; Menu for Thursday, April 15, 1965 from the U. S. Senate Dining Room Washington, DC. Measures 8 1/2" x 10 3/4". A la carte and luncheon menus for everything from appetizers to desserts, at prices that would please any diner: Leg Of Spring Lamb with Pan Gravy, Mint Jelly, Hashed-Brown… Read more about this item

Hotel Del Prado, Mexico City, 1950’s; 9 1/2" x 11 3/4" circa 1950 menu from the dining room of historic Hotel del Prado, Mexico City, with beautiful color illustrated cover. Complete menu from hors d’oeuvres to desserts, with prices. New York steak at the time was 20 pesos ($1.60), Duckling Bigarade 24 pesos ($1.92) , and Russian Caviar… Read more about this item

Cassell And Company, Ltd., London, 1912; First Edition; tall octavo (9 1/4" x 4 1/4"), 152 pages; red cloth boards; illustrated. Over a thousand recipes, many forgotten, for everything from soup to nuts, plus a wealth of helpful culinary and household hints. Illustrated with photographs and drawings, plus numerous display ads for popular turn of the century kitchen… Read more about this item

Chartwell Books, Secaucus, NJ, 1978; 4to, 112 pages. Over 100 delicious authentic Greek recipes for everything from appetizers to desserts. Beautifully illustrated with full page color photography by Howard Jones. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket.

Simon and Schuster, NY, 1974; First Edition; 8vo, 193 pages; illustrated. Delicious recipes, both gourmet and simple, from the BBC’s popular Masterpiece Theater television series Upstairs, Downstairs, which featured Bellamy family cook, "Mrs. Bridges." Arranged by categories making up the Edwardian menu: Stocks and Sauces; Soups; Fish; Game and Poultry; Meat; Vegetables; Desserts, Puddings, and Savouries; and Bread,… Read more about this item

Harmony Books, NY, 1988; First Edition; 4to, 159 pages. Extensive recipe collection for entertaining groups of from ten to fifty people "with fine food, style, and ease." Seventy-two complete menus with over 150 delicious easy-to-follow recipes, plus plan-ahead strategies, for everything from sit-down dinners to backyard barbecues. Authored by Susan Wyler, caterer and food editor of Food &… Read more about this item

Chartwell Books, Secaucus, NJ, 1992; First Edition; 4to, 96 pages; illustrated. The definitive book on gingerbread cookery, with traditional gingerbread recipes from around the world -- America, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Great Britain, France, Holland, and South Africa, with easy to use step-by-step instructions for each. Lengthy section on construction gingerbread, with recipes and full instructions for numerous festive… Read more about this item

Lyle Stuart, Inc., Secaucus, NJ, 1981; First Edition; quarto, 220 pages. A detailed study of caviar, with entire chapters covering its history, selection, harvesting, processing, storing, shipping, and insuring, plus types and brands of caviar, and 23 pages of recipes. A monumental work, profusely illustrated with beautiful color photography. Hailed as the world’s most authoritative book on the… Read more about this item

Hobbs, Dorman & Company, Inc., New York, 1966; First Edition; 8vo, 189 pages; Illustrated. Unique collection of the favorite recipes and menus of 45 famous American cartoonists, together with personal biographies and special cartoons from each, drawn especially for the book. Produced by the Newspaper Comics Council, included here are recipes from Neal Adams (Ben Casey), Milton… Read more about this item

Standard Rice Co., Houston, Texas, 1925; 12mo, 96 pages. Hundreds of delicious rice recipes from Standard Rice Company of Houston, Texas, makers of White House rice products such as white rice, brown rice, rice puffs, natural brown rice flakes, ricena, and rice flour. Near Fine, in beautiful color illustrated wraps with color photos of White House rice products… Read more about this item

Good Humor Ice Cream Company, Los Angeles, 1930; First Edition; 8vo, 22 pages; illustrated. Homemaking and recipe booklet published by Good Humor Ice Cream Company of Los Angeles, whose very name was for decades synonymous with ice cream confections, and whose immaculate white trucks with their signature tinkling chimes were a regular feature of the American summer landscape.… Read more about this item

Harper Collins Publishers, NY, 1991; First Edition; large 8vo, 286 pages; illustrated. A treasure trove of delicious American recipes from the fifties and sixties, with informative and witty text by celebrated food writers Jane and Michael Stern. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

The Carnation Co., Milwaukee, 1937; First Edition; 8vo, 93 pages plus a complete index at the back. Hundreds of wholesome and delicious recipes from the kitchens of Mary Blake of the Carnation Milk Company. Promotional letter on Carnation Co. letterhead laid-in, urging the recipient to "give Carnation Irradiated Milk a try." Irradiation was the process by which the… Read more about this item

New Holland Publishers, Sydney, Australia, 2008; First Edition; quarto, 224 pages; illustrated. Lavish Moroccan cookbook, with sumptuous recipes for meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, salads, soups, sauces, preserves, dips, dressings, marinades, spices, bread, pastries, tajines, desserts, cakes, and drinks, including Arabic coffee and Moroccan mint tea. Profusely illustrated with beautiful full-page color photographs. Very Good Plus, in… Read more about this item