The best cookbooks for the summer and two new vegetarian recipes

Summer is coming which means summer reading which, of course, means cookbooks and food books enough to tempt any appetite. So, this week, I am going to look at three types of books: Darn interesting cookbooks Cooking not from these shores Vegetarian or vegan or just great vegetables cookbooks So go find your Amazon password or credit card or whatever (or search for a Borders coupon; they tend to have good, albeit short-lived, ones) and let's find some great books! Today, I'm going to st

The Golden Age Cookbook 1898 Reprint

The Golden Age Cookbook 1898 Reprint

Reprint of Henrietta Dwight’s 1898 cookbook “The Golden Age Cook Book”. This Historic Cookbook contains recipes for the “golden age” in which, she hopes, vegetarianism will take over the human diet. For more Historic Cookbooks and Vintage Bartender Books take a look at the amazon eStore at: HistoricCookbooks.com

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Georgia Bed and Breakfast Cookbook Recipes from the Warmth and Hospitality of Georgia B and Bs and Historic Inns Bed and Breakfast Cookbooks 3D Press

Georgia Bed and Breakfast Cookbook Recipes from the Warmth and Hospitality of Georgia B and Bs and Historic Inns Bed and Breakfast Cookbooks 3D Press

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The Golden Age Cookbook 1898 Reprint

The Golden Age Cookbook 1898 Reprint

Reprint of Henrietta Dwight’s 1898 cookbook “The Golden Age Cook Book”. This Historic Cookbook contains recipes for the “golden age” in which, she hopes, vegetarianism will take over the human diet. For more Historic Cookbooks and Vintage Bartender Books take a look at the amazon eStore at: HistoricCookbooks.com

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Cookbooks!

Pictured below are a few of my favorite cookbooks. I don’t think I am alone when I say I love to ‘read’ and collect cookbooks. I have dozens of them. Varying from thrift store finds (some classics there), to out of print books I have searched for on ebay, to those I picked up at a bookstore on a whim. As my collection has grown I have become more discerning in the books I buy. I now really only like books that have lots of pictures (I guess I am visual in nature) and I find the photog

Leucophagum

I have been writing about almonds for the past few weeks. Historic recipes, medical advice, agronomy, the whole shebang. I came upon advice in a 16th century French cookbook, the Livre fort excellent de cuysine, that raw almonds should be soaked in water one day and night and then peeled. I was always under the impression that to get the skins off you need to blanch them, and most cookbooks say just that. Drop in boiling water, remove, and the peels do come off easily. Why then these different i