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| BAKER, IVAN Complete vegetarian recipe book Gl Bell & Sons, 1954, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Good /No Jacket.Good, owner's dated signature (1956), cover soiled, some food stains within.A classic recipe book catering for vegetatians in the plain-food 1950s when home grown produce was at a premium.168 pp. two otherwise blank pages of handwritten notes at rear.In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 697 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| BISHOP, CHRISTINA (Miller's) Collecting Kitchenware Millers, 1996, Reprint of 1995 first edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. A well-illustrated guide, with prices, to the main collectible appliances, containers and gadgets.Includes a section on cookery books.143, (1) pp. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 2176 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| COTTER, DENIS Wild garlic, gooseberries É and me: a chef's stories and recipes from the land Collins, 2007, 1st edition, 2nd impression.Hard covers, no dust jacket.978 0 00 725197 1.Fine /No Jacket.Scarcely used.320 pp. In English. GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 US$ 39.86 | JP¥ 3522] Book number: 5697 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| DAVIDSON, ALAN (ED.); ILLUSTRATED BY SOUN VANNITHONE The Oxford companion to food Oxford University Press, 1999, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.0 19 211579 0.As new/No Jacket.Nearly new, but sl.damp-crimpled and without a wrapper.A tour de force by a former ambassador and authoritative food writer, founder of the journal Petit Propos Culinaires; never was the advice not to give up the day job less apt.Includes specialist contributions by a number of writers, but the bulk of the text is by Davidson.Superbly understated line drawings by Davidson's Laotian associate Soun Vannithone.Amusing tit-bits, such as the one about the Japanese master-criminal whose heavy consumption of eels was said to have enabled him to see in the dark; ""since they are rich in Vitamin A, the claim may have been true"".xix, 892 pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 | JP¥ 4402] Book number: 730 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| DAVIDSON, ALAN The Oxford companion to food Oxford University Press, 1999, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 19 211579 0.As new /As new.Nearly new.A tour de force by a former ambassador and authoritative food writer, founder of the journal Petit Propos Culinaires; never was the advice not to give up the day job less apt.Includes specialist contributions by a number of writers, but the bulk of the text is by Davidson.Superbly understated line drawings by Davidson's Laotian associate Soun Vannithone.Amusing tit-bits, such as the one about the Japanese master-criminal whose heavy consumption of eels was said to have enabled him to see in the dark; ""since they are rich in Vitamin A, the claim may have been true"".xix, 892 pp. In English. GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 US$ 66.44 | JP¥ 5870] Book number: 5618 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| FISHER, PATTY Vegetarian cookery Hamlyn, 1969.0 600 03435 6./.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 734 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| FORD, BRIAN J. The food book Hamish Hamilton, 1986, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 241 11834 4.Fine /V.g. Slight discoloration of edges of jacket, otherwise a fine copy.Brian Ford elegantly debunks much of the pseudoscience surrounding food and food additives, dispensing sound common sense on subjects such as dieting, vitamin supplements and e-numbers as well as reminding us of the inherent evolutionary factors which condition our attitudes towards food and nutrition.(4), 152 pp, a few tables, no illustrations except for a still life (ex National Gallery, London) on front of jacket and a photo of the author on rear flap. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 | JP¥ 1761] Book number: 2196 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| GRIGSON, JANE The mushroom feast Penguin Books, 1975.0 14 046793 9.Good /No Jacket.A specialist cookery book for mycophiles.305, xxii, (2) pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 733 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| HEATON, NELL, ILLUSTRATED BY W. A BURTON & A. R. HARRISON The complete cook Murray's Book Sales (Cresta Books), 1958?, Reprint of Faber edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Good /No Jacket.Good tight copy, gilt letters on front cover and spine, no inscriptions, cover darkened at edges, text pages browned at edges (not affecting colour plates).Primarily a recipe book but with some reference material (such as 'how to fold napkins') at end.Contains some hang-overs from wartime, such as 'economical batter' (p.175) made from flour and either dried egg or custard powder! Eight attractive full-page colour plates showing serving suggestions and a rural fantasy (by A.R.Harrison), and some text figures, mainly showing techniques (by W.A.Burton).(14), 448 pp. comprehensive index.In English. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 | JP¥ 3669] Book number: 1167 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| JORDAN, PETER & WHEELER, STEVEN (CONSULTANT: GEOFFREY KIBBY The ultimate mushroom book Lorenz Books, 1995, 1st edition.Pictorial hard covers.1 85967 092 X.Fine /Fine.A complete guide to edible (and not-so-edible) mushrooms, with photographs of the fruiting bodies and 100 original recipes.256 pp. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 | JP¥ 2935] Book number: 3159 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| LANE, MAGGIE Jane Austen and food The Hambledon Press, 1995, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 85285 124 4.Fine /Fine.An enquiry into the food historyat the turn of the 19th century, analysing (in great detail) the rituals of mealtimes and the dietaryquirks of the period.Xv, (1), 184 pp. In English. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: 3077 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| MASON, LAURA & BROWN, CATHERINE From Eccles Cake to Hawkshead Wig: a celebration of Northern food Harper Press, 2007, Abridged reprint, first published by Prospect Books in 1999.Hard covers, dust jacket.978 0 00 726788 0.As new /As new.Scarcely used.xvi, 140 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 5698 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| MEAD, RUTH Honey cookery Northern Bee Books, Mytholmroyd, n.d. Paper covers.0 907908 02 0.V.g./ No Jacket .V.g.in soiled cover.[3] + 17 pp.Written by the appropriately named Ruth Mead (surely a pseudonym?) this little book interprets the term 'cookery' rather loosely as the recipes include furniture polish, cosmetics and medicinal preparations as well as the more conventional fare.Some of the suggestions are quite adventurous, e.g.'honey mayonnaise'.The design suggests a c.1980 date of printing; the ISBN indicates that this was only the second book to be published by Northern Bee Books, now the leading apicultural publisher in the UK. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 1020 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| MEDVE, RICHARD J. AND MEDVE, MARY LEE; ILLUSTRATIONS BY KIMBALL S. ERDMAN Edible wild plants of Pennsylvania and neighboring states Pennsylvania State University Press, 1990, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 271 00690 0.Fine/Fine.Essentially a recipe book, with an entry for each wild plant with brief description followed by a recipe or recipes.There is also a paragraph of general remarks on alternative uses; the authors warn that the corms of Spring Beauty (Claytonia) are depressingly elusive.xiv, 242 pp. In English. GBP 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.25 US$ 31.56 | JP¥ 2788] Book number: 2444 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| PRABHUPADA, A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI The higher taste: a guide to gourmet vegetarian cooking and a karma-free diet The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1983, Contemporary Vedic Library series.Paper covers.0 89213 128 4.V.g./ No Jacket .V.g. paper browned.Partly a promotion of the vegetarian diet, and partly a recipe book with an Indian flavour.The book was inspired by the International Society of Krishna Consciousness.xiii, 161, (3) pp. In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 749 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| ROGERS, FORD; EHLERS, LESLEY; JACOBSON, ERIC Citrus: a cookbook Greenwich Editions, 1997, 1st published in 1992.Pictorial hard cover.0 86288 155 2.V.g./No Jacket.With food-porn photos this delightful assemblage provides many radical ideas such as 'curried orange soup'.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 2839 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| SCHROEDER, HENRY A. Trace elements and nutrition: some positive and negative aspects Faber & Faber, 1976, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 571 10838 5.V.g./Good.V.g./good, edges speckled, cover sl.soiled & rubbed with sm.tear, curled at top edge, handwritten amendment to price.Textbook of nutritional data, with chapters highlighting the benefits and disbenefits of various trace elements.The author advances the theory that chromium deficiency, brought on by consumption of refined foods, is a primary cause of atherosclerosis; he also cautions against heavy-metal 'pollution paranoia'.151 pp. In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 722 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| SCOTT, DAVID The vegetarian gourmet Portland House / Windward, 1986.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7126 1106 1.V.g./V.g. V.g./v.g. cover sl.soiled externally, internally scarcely used.This book attempts to give 'mainstream' vegetarian recipes with an international flavour.The author has written several other books on world cuisine.128 pp.In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 739 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| SOLOMON, CHARMAINE; PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE SEPER Complete vegetarian cookbook Cornstalk Publishing, Leicester, 1991, reprint of first English edition, 1990.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. V.g./v.g. wrapper enclosed in plastic.Well illustrated, with inventive recipes.Compiled by a Sydney-based author well tuned in to the Pacific Fusion style of cookery whose previous book, Complete Asian Cookbook, was deservedly a bestseller.ix, 470 pp. In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.58 | JP¥ 2348] Book number: 1140 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| SOLOMON, CHARMAINE; PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE SEPER Complete vegetarian cookbook Cornstalk Publishing, Leicester, 1990, 1st UK edition, originally published by Angus & Robertson (Sydney) in 1990.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 207 16915 2.Fine /Fine.Well illustrated, with inventive recipes.Compiled by a Sydney-based author well tuned in to the Pacific Fusion style of cookery whose previous book, Complete Asian Cookbook, was deservedly a bestseller.ix, 470 pp. In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.58 | JP¥ 2348] Book number: 2192 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| VAUGHAN, J.G. & JUDD, P.A. The Oxford book of health foods Oxford University Press, 2003.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 19 850459 4.As new/V.g. Nearly new, wrapper sl.creased at top of spine.Foreword by David Bellamy.Written by an emeritus professor of food science at King's College, University of London and a professor of nutrition and dietetics at the University of Central Lancashire, this book follows the traditional format of 'Oxford books of..' and its design closely resembles that of the latest edition of the Oxford Book of Food Plants which shares one of its two authors with the present work.Includes Horsetail, which some think to be distinctly dodgy on account of its high silica content.Perhaps, in view of its nicotine content, it would be safer to smoke it? An up-to-date book that debunks some of the wilder claims of nutripharmacy.xxxiii, 188 pages. In English. GBP 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.25 US$ 31.56 | JP¥ 2788] Book number: 1115 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| WAUGH, TERESA & AUBERON The entertaining book Hamish Hamilton, 1986.0 241 11936 7.V.g./V.g. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 728 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. | ||
| WHITE, EVELYNE & WATSON, JESSIE R. Teach yourself to cook The English Universities Press Ltd, 1960, reprint of new edition of 1952; first published in this form 1938.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. V.g./v.g. top edge dusty, no cookery stains.viii, 9-256 pp. In English. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 | JP¥ 587] Book number: 1848 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books. |
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