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Old cookbooks you can page through

The Cookbook Library

104 American cookbooks, from 1796 to 1988, in 12 categories. All but the Legal Sea Foods Cookbook are in the public domain, and 80 of them open as page-turning books, with the original pages just as they were printed.

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Landmark American cookbooks

American Cookery, Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats, The American Frugal Housewife

12 books

New England, Boston and Maine seafood

The Cook's Own Book, The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide, The New England Economical Housekeeper and Family Receipt Book

21 books

Jewish cookbooks

The Jewish Manual, Jewish Cookery Book, on Principles of Economy, Aunt Babette's Cook Book: Foreign and Domestic Receipts for the Household

8 books

African American authors

The House Servant's Directory, A Domestic Cook Book: Containing a Careful Selection of Useful Receipts for the Kitchen, What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking

5 books

Regional American: South, Creole, Midwest, West and Hawaii

The Virginia House-Wife, The Kentucky Housewife, The Carolina Housewife

17 books

Immigrant and international

Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, Praktisk illustrerad kok-bok for svenskarne i Amerika, German National Cookery for American Kitchens

9 books

Community and charity cookbooks

The Woman Suffrage Cook Book, Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners, The Corn Cook Book

3 books

Corporate and advertising booklets (pre-1931)

Jell-O Recipe Book, The Good Housekeeping Woman's Home Cook Book, Three Jell-O Booklets

11 books

Government and wartime

Manual for Army Cooks, War Economy in Food, Corn Meal for Breakfast, Dinner, Supper

7 books

Thanksgiving, Halloween and holiday

The Good Housekeeper, Mrs. Hale's New Cook Book, Home Candy Making

6 books

Beverages and cocktails

How to Mix Drinks, or The Bon-Vivant's Companion, Harry Johnson's New and Improved Bartender's Manual, Modern American Drinks

4 books

Camp, outdoor and fire cookery

Camp Cookery

1 book
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