Secondhand Vintage Cookery Bargain Book Box SP4173

Secondhand Vintage Cookery Bargain Book Box SP4173

Elizabeth David three times, Jane Grigson’s English Food, Simone Beck, Nigel Slater’s Real Fast Food, two Mrs Beetons, Francatelli’s Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes and Fanny Hill’s Cook Book. Twenty food books, old and odd, for a reader who collects cookery writing rather than recipes.

1. Luke Mangan: The Making of a Chef — Luke Mangan — The Sydney chef’s memoir and recipes. Hardback.
2. Lunch in Paris — Elizabeth Bard — An American falls for a Frenchman and his food. Memoir with recipes.
3. Leaves from Our Tuscan Kitchen — Janet Ross & Michael Waterfield — The 1899 vegetable cookbook from the Villa Poggio Gherardo, revised by Ross’s great-great-nephew. A classic.
4. Simca’s Cuisine — Simone Beck — Julia Child’s co-author on her own: menus and recipes from her Provence kitchen.
5. Fanny Hill’s Cook Book — Lionel H. Braun & William Adams — Bawdy 1970s joke cookbook with Brian Forbes illustrations. A curiosity.
6. Oh, for a French Wife! — Ted Moloney — The 1952 Australian classic of French cooking for men, with George Molnar’s cartoons. Collectable.
7. Mrs Beeton’s Every Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book — Isabella Beeton — Facsimile of the 1893 edition.
8. O Level Cookery — P.M. Abbey & G. Macdonald — The school textbook of a generation, in the hardback with the pan-and-cutlery cover.
9. Putting Food By — Ruth Hertzberg, Beatrice Vaughan & Janet Greene — The American bible of preserving, canning and freezing. Revised edition.
10. Good Appetite My Companion — Victor MacClure — A gourmand at large: 1950s food writing with a bite.
11. Real Fast Food — Nigel Slater — 350 recipes in thirty minutes. The book that made Slater. Penguin.
12. English Food — Jane Grigson — The definitive book on the subject, by the writer who took English cooking seriously. Penguin.
13. A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes — Charles Elmé Francatelli — Queen Victoria’s chef on cooking for the poor, 1852. Facsimile.
14. Let’s Cook It Right — Adelle Davis — The 1947 nutrition cookbook that started the health-food movement.
15. Mrs Beeton’s Cookery Book — Isabella Beeton — A later, compact edition of the household classic.
16. Is There a Nutmeg in the House? — Elizabeth David — Essays and recipes collected after her death. Sequel to An Omelette and a Glass of Wine. Penguin.
17. Stuart Cookery: Recipes and History — Peter Brears — English Heritage’s illustrated guide to seventeenth-century food.
18. Cooking in a Bedsitter — Katharine Whitehorn — The 1961 guide to one-ring cooking for the young and skint. Penguin.
19. French Country Cooking — Elizabeth David — Her second book, 1951. The one that brought garlic to England. Penguin Handbook.
20. Summer Cooking — Elizabeth David — Salads, cold dishes and what to do with summer vegetables. Penguin Handbook.