Publishers: Random House (USA)
Publication date: 1968

A cookbook of cakes, cookies, candies, and confections from all the countries that celebrate Christmas

Though technically labelled Christmas-related it is, in fact, just a charming cookbook stuffed with well-known sugary treats, from gingerbreads and fruit cakes, to cookies, pies, tarts, doughnuts, and more.

Rare and hard to find in the UK!

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Publishers: Arlington Books
Publication date: 1961

Wonderful Ways with Chicken will ‘enable and encourage housewives and all who cook to prepare their favourite food in many different ways.’ This succulent collection is divided into five sections — traditional dishes, cold dishes for all seasons, what to do with left-overs, chicken for invalids, and a grand finale of the world’s best recipes — a simple but authentic guide for even the most timid cook.

Illustrations by John Cook

Extremely rare and hard to find!

Wear to boards. Pages lightly foxed

Publishers: Wezäta Förlag (Sweden)
Publication date: 1960

Here is your chance to do the world famous Swedish Smörgåsbord yourself, following the detailed and clear kitchen-tested recipes in this book. Its many mouth-watering illustrations show you how to arrange both the dishes and your table in an attractive, different, and authentic way.

In addition to the Smörgåsbord you get many other recipes, covering the very highlights of Swedish cooking and baking. Whenever you want a change from everyday food or a different flavour and appearance on your party buffet, you can rely upon Swedish Cooking at its Best.

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Publishers: Wezäta Förlag
Publication date: 1961

Here — at last — is the true masterpiece of books on Swedish foods. The delights and mysteries of the traditional smörgåsbord are clearly set forth with full directions and photographs, with dozens of unusual, authentic recipes for dishes and snacks, hot and cold, which have made the Swedish smörgåsbord world-famous.

Beautifully designed, a quiet design classic.

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Publishers: Prospect Books
Publication date: 1995
Edition: First

A beautiful collection of recipes for the many meals served, or mentioned, in the twelve novels of Barbara Pym. Compiled by Pym’s sister, Hilary.

Each chapter begins with a snippet from a Pym novel making for an enjoyable read.

Illustrations by Frankie Pollak

Rare and hard to find

Publishers: Peter Pauper Press (USA)
Publication date: 1961

From the highly collectible publisher Peter Pauper Press, the ABC of Cookies a gorgeous collection of recipes for every kind of cookie

Illustrations by Ruth McCrea

Pages lightly foxed. Staining to pages (it is a cookbook after all!). Chipping to dust jacket

Publication date: 1988
Binding: Spiral bound

An eclectic mix of Danish, German, Mexican, Icelandic, and Alaskan dishes, reflecting on the author’s travels and upbringing

Rare and hard to find

Light wear to boards. Pages lightly foxed.

Publishers: Woolworths
Publication date: 1990

Summer Cooking with Herbs contains a collection of recipes specially compiled with an eye on the long, hot days of summer. All the dishes are easy and simple to prepare and none of them requires time-consuming hours spent in the kitchen. Included are recipes for chilled soups, chicken and ham in aspic, sweet fruit sorbets and homemade ice cream.

Illustrated by Sanmarie Harms

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Rare and hard to find!

Publisher: David C. Cook Publishing Co. (USA)
Publication date: 1982

Yvonne Baker offers you delicious and easy-to-fix recipes that won’t have you running around in a panic when guests arrive. The recipes are made with wholesome, natural ingredients and even the desserts won’t overload you or your guests with sugars and fats.

All this, plus glimpses of the histories and Christian traditions behind New Year’s, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, make The Holiday Cookbook a must for your kitchen shelf all year round!

Rare and hard to find in the UK

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Publishers: Souvenir Press
Publication date: 1970
Edition: First

579 recipes for preserving fruits and vegetables and making jams, jellies, chutneys, pickles and fruit butters and cheeses.

An essential book for preservers and picklers alike!

Rare and hard to find this edition!

Foxing and staining to pages. Ex-library

Publishers: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (USA)
Publication date: 1979
Edition: First

Whether there’s a trace of its juice in a sauce, or a sprinkling of zest on top of a creamy dessert, the lemon is a spectacular addition to a myriad of foods. In this enticing cookbook there are 118 recipes, from appetizers to desserts, celebrating the lemon’s inimitable flavour.

Rare and hard to find

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Publishers: Viking (USA)
Publication date: 1995
Edition: First

Like the best writers who have taken food as their subject, Molly O’Neill has a profound understanding of human appetite. And these smart, eloquent essays, laced with more than two hundred recipes, remind us that anticipation — whether for the morels from Michigan’s National Mushroom Festival, or for a cherry held by the stem and nibbled with a “singularly selfish satisfaction” — lends food much of its savour.

From innovative techniques such as oven-drying summer produce or using vegetables broths to lighten dressings, to homey recipes for one-pot dinners and rustic tarts, A Well-Seasoned Appetite illustrates Molly O’Neill’s conviction that “cooking should nourish life at more than the cellular level.” With humour and passion, she celebrates the fact that eating, like most intimate acts performed by human beings, has as much to do with the mind and spirit as with the body.

Rare and hard to find in the UK!

Publishers: Peter Davies
Publication date: 1971

72 Complete Menus for Easy Entertaining

This elegant yet practical cookery book contains 72 original menus for those who like talking to their friends as well as feeding them. All the menus can be prepared the day or evening before; they need only a minimum of attention before serving.

Illustrated by Ginger Tilley

Publishers: Clifton Books
Publication date: 1969
Edition: First

Philip Harben, a television chef from the 1960s, shows that it is possible to construct a good meal quickly. Suppose, Philip Harben writes, you have been out to the theatre and did not get time for a meal before you left.You want something quick because you are hungry; you want something tasty because you are tired, and you want something simple because you are in no mood for slow simmering and fine chopping. No, you want results and you want them now.

Quickly Quickly is divided into five chapters, ranging from Cooking Quickly with no Previous Preparation, to Dishes Which Can be Left to Cook by Themselves, and Cooking Under Difficulties: On a Small Boat, In a Caravan, Camping, etc.

Age-related wear to boards. Pages lightly foxed

Rare and hard to find

Publishers: Faber & Faber
Publication date: 1974
Binding: Paperback

A guide to Chinese vegetable and vegetarian cooking, with straightforward instructions for methods such as stir-frying, steaming, stewing and hot-marinading, and recipes for egg, noodle and tofu dishes, soups, and both hot and cold salads by renowned British-Chinese food writer, Kenneth Lo.

Rare and hard to find this edition

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Publishers: Mary Ford Cake Artistry Centre Ltd
Publication date: 1982

101 Cake Designs offers step-by-step instructions for decorating cakes for weddings, holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, and other occasions, and shows how to work with marzipan, sugar paste, and frostings.

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Publishers: Nicholas Kaye
Publication date: 1965
Edition: First (UK)

Fondue, yes, and cherry jam… but readers may ask what else there can be in the Swiss kitchen — and in one sense they are right, for many of the glories of Swiss cooking are not national dishes at all but the dozens upon dozens of regional specialities that tourists rarely see.

All recipes have been adapted for British requirements while retaining the authentic flavour. There is an explanatory introduction, notes on the background of the many traditional dishes in this compilation of old and new, and full and comprehensive indexes. For every cook, Switzerland offers both recipes that are easily and deliciously prepared for a world of inspiration and fresh ideas, from party cooking to pot-au-feu.

Rare and hard to find this edition in the UK

Illustrations by Judith Olonetzky-Baltensperger

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Publishers: Newman Neame
Publication date: 1951
Edition: First

A large collection of simply produced recipes centred around the humble mushroom, from sauces to stuffings, lunches and main courses. This collection of Mushroom recipes has been made to stimulate the imagination of the housewife, the book’s introduction states, whether she does her own cooking or has a cook to do it for her.

Wear to spine, boards bumped and scuffed. Tanning to pages. Tear on page 35 (see photo)