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The Physiology Of Taste
by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin was born in France in 1755 and died in 1826.Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, author of The Art of Eating, was born in 1908 and died in 1992.Bill Buford, author of Heat, lives in New York City.
Home Cooking
by Laurie Colwin
Laurie Colwin is the author of five novels—Happy All the Time; Family Happiness; Goodbye Without Leaving; A Big Storm Knocked It Over; and Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object—three collections of short stories—Passion and Affect; The Lone Pilgrim; and Another Marvelous Thing—and two collections of essays, Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. Colwin died in 1992.
Distinction
by Pierre Bourdieu
Previously published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1984.
Translation of: La distinction : critique sociale du jugement.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of: La distinction : critique sociale du jugement.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gastronomy Books & Ephemera
The Physiology Of Taste
by Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin was born in France in 1755 and died in 1826.Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, author of The Art of Eating, was born in 1908 and died in 1992.Bill Buford, author of Heat, lives in New York City.
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: A Year of Food Life.
by KINGSOLVER, Barbara. Stephen L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
New York: HarperCollins, 2007. Signed by the Barbara Kingsolver and Stephen Hopp on the title page. First edition / First printing. paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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CA$138.30
The Art of Caribbean Cookery (Signed First Edition)
by Carmen Aboy Valldejuli
Doubleday & Co., Inc, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. Collectible first edition, first printing of Carmen Aboy Valldejuli's The Art of Caribbean Cookery. Per Doubleday's practice of designating first editions, "First Edition" so stated on copyright page. Signed in blue ink by Valldejuli on front free endpaper. Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Includes priced dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve. At the time of publication, notably, Valldejuli was the...
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CA$414.89
Cookery Arts and Kitchen Management
by SCOTT, Anna Lee
Maple Leaf Milling, 1928. Softcover. Good. Various paginations. 23 cm. Card covers tied with twine. Two dark marks on front cover have affected first pages. Rusted end to tie. Small tear in rear. Driver 0526.9
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CA$34.58
Local Flavor: 22 delivious restaurant essays by London's gallivanting gastronaut
by MACFARLANE, Andrew
London, Ontario: Phelps Publishing Co., 1990. Softcover. As new. Adaptations of essays written for Ontario Living. ix, 155 p. 23 cm. Paperback. Includes reviews of Budapest, Riverview Dining room, Thirsty Fox (Grand Bend), Under the Volcano, Benmiller Inn (Goderich), Elm Hurst (Ingersoll), Red Pump (Bayfield), Top of the Fair, Marienbad, Michael's on the Thames, Horse & Hound, Sebastian's, etc.
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CA$20.74
Robinson Memorial United Church Cook Book
by U.C.W
London, Ontario, 1966. Softcover. Very good. D, 55, h p. 23 cm. Spiral binding. Light soiling to white covers and some soiling within. Local advertising. 75th anniversary of this now closed church.
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CA$34.58
Tasty Treats for the Family
by COLSON, Mrs. Arthur; PIPE, Mrs. Lloyd; FANGRAD, Mrs. Adolf
Londesboro Women's Institute, 1953. Softcover. Good. 116 p. 24 cm. Spiral binding with red card covers. Staind and discolouration to covers. Red has bled onto first and last pages. Chip at top of p. 7. Local advertising for Londesboro, Seaforth, Clinton, Blyth, Brussels, Goderich, etc. Contributor's names on recipes.
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CA$34.58
The Family Heirloom Cookbook
by The Ladies of First St. Andrews UCW
London, Ontario, nd. Softcover. Good. Unpaginated. 14 x 19 cm. Spiral binding with card cvers. Illustration of teapot on front has some stains surrounding it. Recipes for Haggis Dressing, Liverwurst, Rolapilsa (Icelandic meat roll), Icelandic Veena Tarta, My Grandmother's Grape Pie, etc.
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CA$41.49
Wheat Treats Favouite Home Recipes
by The Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Board
Chatham, Ont. , 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 37 p. 22 cm. Stapled white paper covers. Soilng to exterior and some inside. Blue text on white background. Bread, cakes, cookies, muffins, etc.
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CA$13.83
The Spartan Cook Book: A Selection of Tested Recipes compiled by the Ladies of The Sparta W. T. A.
by A. Talbot & Co., printers
London, Ontario, 1908. Softcover. Fair. 168 p. 22 cm. Paperback. Stained. Edges chipped to p. 32. Driver 0124.4.
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CA$69.15
Cook Book Collected and Compiled by Women's Institute, Birr, Ont. November 1922
by The Institute
London, Ontario: Printed by R. F. Fielding, 1922. Hardcover. Fair. 106 p. 16 cm. Grey hardcover. Exterior much soiled. Front hinge cracked internally, with front board and spine separating from text block. Paper stuck to rear cover. Rear endpaper tearing away from staples. Soiling and ink notes within. Pages browning. Advertising for McClary's, Beatty Bros., McCormick's, Silverwood's and other businesses in London, Lucan, Granton, and Ilderton, Ontario. Driver O.483.1.
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CA$172.88
The American fruit book; containing directions for raising, propagating and managing fruit trees, shrubs, and plants; with a description of the best varieties of fruit, including new and valuable kinds..
by Cole, S. W
Boston: John P. Jewett ... New York: C. M Saxton, 1849. First edition, 12mo, pp. 288; "illustrated with numerous engravings of fruits, trees, insects, grafting, budding, training, &c., &c.," mostly silhouettes of various fruits; full contemporary calf, gilt-ruled spine, black morocco label, light rubbing and foxing, shallow water stain on lower fore-edge, rear endpaper perished; good and sound.
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CA$119.28
Menukaart/menu maaltijd ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig bestaan van de Vereeniging Haerlem, 29 november 1961.
Menu regarding to the Vereengiging Haerlem in Haarlem, 4 pp. 20 x 13 cm.
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CA$14.54
The Physiology of Taste: Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy
by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Paperback / softback. New. "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are," said Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer, politician, magistrate, and literary man of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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CA$50.44
The New Cook Book: A Volume of Tried, Tested and Proven Recipes by The Ladies of Toronto and other Cities and Towns
by DENISON, Grace E. (ed.)
Toronto: Rose Publishing, 1906. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 407 p. 21 cm. 14 b&w carving illustrations. Cloth hardcover. Very worn. Spine detached at front hinge. Paper browning. Small chips and tears. Occasional stains, including bottom corner of p. 241. Extra recipes written in ink on rear endpapers. A well-used cookbook with sections on everything from beverages to vegetables. Chapters on dinner giving, foreign recipes (eg. Hamburg Steak as made in Hamburg, To Boil Rice - Recipe in Native's...
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Ohio River Recipes
by BENARD, Christine Z. (ed.); ZABLACKAS, Bill (illus.)
Bethel Park, PA: Crowder Press, 1978. Softcover. Good. 72 p. 22 cm. B&w line drawings. Stapled softcover. Ink signature on title page. Some rusting to staples. Soiling to rear cover. Includes breads, desserts, main dishes, sides, snacks, etc.
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CA$20.74
The Bush Family Cookbook
by DE GUZMAN, Ariel
New York: Scribner, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 308 p. 24 cm. Colour photos of family and food. Red cloth spine and purple paper boards. In mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Signed by Barbara and George Bush as well as the author. Forewords by George H. W. Bush, Barbara Bush and Jeb Bush.
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CA$345.75
Labtec Cook Book
by Saskatoon Academy of the Canadian Society of Laboratory Technologists
nd. Softcover. Good. 59 p. 23 cm. Yellow card covers. Creases to covers. Tear in lower spine. Preface explains what medical laboratory technologists do. Signature on front leaf.
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CA$69.15
L.M.S. Book of Recipes: Individual and Large Amounts, Home and School
by LAIRD, A. L.; PATTINSON, N. L. (eds.)
Toronto: [Lillian Massey School of Household Science and Art], 1917. Softcover. Fair. 129 p. 23 cm. Grey cloth over paper. Stains to exterior. Paper browned and much stained. Some chips and tears to edges. Simple recipes for new cooks. Driver 0241.3.
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CA$82.98
Cheers For 200 Years! Molson Breweries 1786-1986
by Molson Breweries
1986. Soft cover. Good. 48 p. 26 cm. Over 130 colour illustrations. Red softcover. Some small tears, scuffs, rubbing to exterior. Inside is neat and clean. Introduces John Molson, brewer and entrepreneur, and traces Canadian beer-making history. "Mankind's favourite beverage." Beer bibliography at rear.
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CA$41.49
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 1904-79, A RETROSPECTIVE COLLECTION.|THE
Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of America, 1980. hardcover, dust jacket. 6 x 9.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 568 pages. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Bibliographical Society of America, this retrospective collection of articles seeks to represent, in the broadest possible way, the diverse contributions of the members of the Society to its Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. The pieces demonstrate to the highest degree of excellence - articles of...
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CA$48.40
Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, NY U.S.A., 1950. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Ninth Printing. 1st hardbound edition, bound red cloth boards with white Pennsylvania Dutch design in white. 463 pp. including index. Loose-leaf pages in 5 ring metal binder with heavy stock and metal text protectors front and back. Card stock yellow tabbed dividers (20) are crisp and unbent. Text is clean and in like new condition. Recipe note added in pen on page 189. No previous owner...
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CA$248.94
From the Pioneer Kitchens: 100th Anniversary
by Southern Alberta Pioneers
Calgary: Southern Alberta Pioneers and Their Descendants, 1990. Softcover. Very good. 175 p. 26 cm. B&w illustrations. Spiral binding. Light wear and soiling to covers.
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CA$34.58
Christmas Recipes
by SCOTT, Anna Lee
Maple Leaf Milling, nd. ca. 1934. Booklet. Good. 16 p. 23 cm. Stapled paper covers. Foxing or soiling to exterior. Chip and scuff to lower front. Retail ink stamp on rear cover for W. J. Heaslip, Nelles Corners, Ont. Four Christmas menus at beginning as well as various recipes for main dishes, veggies, a la king mixtures, bread sauce desserts, etc. Driver 0831.1.
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CA$27.66
an adventure in rice
by Dainty Rice/Mount Royal Rice Mills
Montreal, nd. Softcover. Fine. 32 p. 17 cm. Stapled booklet. Rice recipes from different world cultures.
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CA$20.74
Homemaker's Delight No. 2 - 1964
by New Dundee Women's Institute
New Dundee, Ontario, 1964. Softcover. Fair. 66 p. 24 cm. Stapled card covers. Stains to exterior. Pages 25-40 detached. Some soiling inside, mainly bottom corners. Don't miss Porcupine Meatballs, which isn't what you think, or Barbecued Pig Tails, which IS. Contributors' names listed.
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CA$34.58
