Search Results: American Cooking - Middle Western States

Brandon, MS: Quail Ridge Press. Very Good. 1997. Spiral Binding. Gift inscription on half-title page. 288 pages. From the Twin Cities to the Red River Valley, from the shores of Lake Superior to the Prairieland, Minnesotans from big cities to rural farms have eagerly and graciously shared some of their most treasured recipes. Sixty-four of the leading cookbooks from throughout the Land of 10,000 Lakes have contributed their most popular recipes to create this remarkable collection. Not far removed from Grandma's kitchen, the memories of her cooking can come alive in your kitchen by way of over 400 classic recipes within these pages. Included are such proven favorites as No-Flop Flounder, Edelweiss Torte, Chicken Minnetonka, Pumpkin Cake in a Jar, Swedish Meatballs and Amelia Bedilia's Raspberry Pie. .

Middletown, DE: CreateSpace, 2015. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! The challenges facing International students attending colleges in the US. 0.8

First edition. stapled wrappers. Good. 8vo, 47 pages, stapled self-wrappers, used, and with some pencilled notes.Rare. Weidman is still unincoporated in Isabella County, Michigan, with a population of under a thousand souls. This booklet features many ads for local Weidman and Mt. Pleasant firms.

Jefferson City, MO: Missouri Mansion Preservation, 1984. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 4to. 248 pp. Bound in maroon cloth in illustrated dust jacket. Full color and black and white illustrations and photographs throughout. Inscribed by Carolyn Bond and signed by Carolyn, Kit and their son Sam: "To the Jonathan Peters family/with our thanks for your/gracious hospitality on Nantucket/and our best wishes,/Carolyn Bond/Kit Bond/Sam Bond/October 1990." Kit Bond was governor of Missouri from 1973-1977 and again from 1981-1985 and has been a Senator of Missouri from 1987-2010. His son, Sam Bond is now an officer in the US Marine Corps who has served two tours of duty in Iraq. VG+ in VG+ dust jacket with minor rubbing to extremities.

Brandon, MS: Quail Ridge Press. Near Fine. 1996. First Edition. Plastic comb binding. 288 pages. Best of the Best. From maple syrup springs to wild berry summers, pumpkin-squash falls to steamy soup winters, the bounty and beauty of the Michigan seasons are enjoyed from both sides of the kitchen window. Sixty-two of The Great Lake State's leading cookbooks have contributed their most popular recipes to create this remarkable collection. <P>Having the second largest variety of agricultural products of any state in the nation, Michigan just naturally cooks up an abundance of good recipes?and some creative ones, too! Deep-Dish Cherry Pie, Ship-to-Shore Shrimp, Growling Tummy Cookies, Spartichokes, Big Bear's Deep Woods Chili and Applesauce Bread Baked in a Jar are just a sampling of the 400 or so recipes included within these pages. <P>Best of the Best from Michigan is one of thirty volumes in Quail Ridge Press' acclaimed Best of the Best State… Read More

Sandusky, Ohio: The Citizen Banking Co. , 1929. Hardcover. Maroon boards. Very good. 160 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Recipes and remedies furnished by the Ladies of Emmanuel's Evangelical Church. Numerous local advertisements. Interior crisp and clean, cover lightly rubbed.

Gary, IN: Horace Mann School, ( 1937 ). First edition. Stapled wrappers. Very Good. 8vo, 1121 pages, brown wrappers. Rare: no copy cited in WorldCat. "It is the purpose of this book to show that a desirable life at Work, Study and Play can actually be secured for children and adults by the WIDER USE OF THE SCHOOL - Preface." Thirty million American children are locked out of their schools for over half of the time that they want to use them. Thirty million American adults, who want ot use the schools, are locked out practically all of the time. GARY BROKE THIS LOCKOUT IN 1907 BY EXTENDING THE USE OF ITS SCHOOLS." Printed by the Students of Horace Mann School. " " Early in the 20th century, education reformers were calling for new approaches to meet the demands of that era. "The Great Lockout" was written by William Wirt in 1937 to describe the radical Platoon Work-Study-Play Schools that flourished in Gary, Indiana from 1907-37. This book contains… Read More

New Haven, CT, 1863, 1864, 1860, . First editions . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, 32, 63, 63, 35, [iii], 40, x, 88 pages; half calf, marbled boards, top joint split, top panel of spine lacking. The June, 1865 booklet ends with "Parting Ode" by James Sager Norton, of Springfield, Illinois. " James Sager Norton was a Chicago jurist and poet. He was President of the Chicago Literary Club, 1885-1886."

Dayton, OH: John H. Thomas, 1883. New edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 178 pages, gray cloth, one leaf inter-leaved Facing woodcuts of the church.

Braddock, PA: Brown Publishing Company, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 173 pages, dark cloth, gilt titles, section 4 title page has a horizontal tear, 4 mm. puncture near heel of spine, head of spine bumped. Rare thus. Inscribed: "Lots of luck / H. C. Carlson" on free endpaper. Carlson was an amazing individual, who practiced medicine while coaching the Pitt Panthers basketball team, for thirty years, while essentially winning the national college championship in at least two seasons. This book came out the same year the Panthers were undefeated. Carlson innovated the Figure 8 offense, and was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame and the Helms Foundation Basketball Hall of Fame. He also coached the team in the first-ever televised basketball game in 1940. With diagrams.