Historical Cookbooks
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Petersons' new cook book; or, Useful and practical receipts for the housewife, and the uninitiated byLocation: Y collection TX715 .P483Publication Date: 1864A Civil War-era cookbook from the publishers of the popular Peterson's Magazine.
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La cuisine classique: études pratiques, raisonnées et démonstratives de l'école française byLocation: Craig Claiborne collection TX719 .D8 1899Publication Date: circa 1898Eighteenth edition of one of the most significant works on French cuisine.
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The White House cook book, a comprehensive cyclopedia of information for the home... byLocation: Helen Deutsch collection TX715 .G482 1900Publication Date: 1900Hugo Ziemann was a White House steward who cooked for various US Presidents. In 1887 he compiled over a hundred recipes into the first "White House Cook Book," which he co-wrote with cookbook author F. L. Gillette. The popular book had four different editions: 1887, 1884, 1899, and 1900.
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The Boston Cooking-School cook book byLocation: Irene Worth collection TX715 .F234 1915Publication Date: 1915The 1915 edition of Fannie Farmer's influential cookbook, originally published in 1896, which became a standard household text in the US.
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Gastronomie pratique : études culinaires suivies du Traitement de l'obésité des-gourmands byLocation: Craig Claiborne collection TX719 .B3Publication Date: 1928Eighth edition of the influential French cookbook and historical text, from the library of chef and critic Craig Claiborne.
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The Great Cooks Cookbook byLocation: Jacques Pepin collection TX715 .G8114 1974ISBN: 0385010672Publication Date: 1974This copy of the classic cookbook was owned by chef Jacques Pepin and is signed by several of the contributing chefs, including Pepin.
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Cooking by Degrees: The Boston University Cookbook byLocation: BU B58cookISBN: 0843622164Publication Date: 1981A wide range of recipes, contributed by members of the Boston University community.
Works Related to Archival Collections
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New York Times Cook Book byLocation: Reference X ; TX725 .N46Publication Date: 1961First edition of this influential cook book. For manuscripts and other material related to this book, see the Craig Claiborne archival collection.
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Stalking the Wild Asparagus byLocation: QK98.5 .G48Publication Date: 1962A surprise best-seller when it was released, this book was a significant part of the revival of natural foods and environmental preservation in the 1960s.
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The Cooking of India byLocation: Y PN2287.D32 Z9655MPublication Date: 1969First edition of Santha Rama Rau's groundbreaking combination of recipes, memoir, cultural history, and travel writing. This volume was previously owned by actress Bette Davis.
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The Natural Foods Cookbook byLocation: Beatrice Trum Hunter collection TX741 .H868 1975ISBN: 0571106579Publication Date: 1975Originally published in 1961, this book was one of the earliest natural and whole foods cookbooks.
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Simple Food for the Good Life: An Alternative Cookbook byLocation: Helen and Scott Nearing Collection TX741 .N43 1980bPublication Date: 1980A combination of recipes, quotes, and vignettes on the theme of living simply, by an influential leader in the "back to the land" movement of the 1970s.
