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Tables of Contents for Cookbooks Worth Collecting
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
viii
Part One: The Collectible Cookbook
Getting Started: The Collector and the Cookbook
3
19
Why Collect Cookbooks?
5
4
Deciding What to Collect
9
2
Terms Used by Book Collectors
11
5
Reading and Interpreting Catalogs
16
3
How to Use This Book
19
3
Early Cookbooks: From Ancient Rome to Colonial America
22
16
The Very First Cookbooks
22
4
Early English Cooks and Cookbooks
26
4
Cookbooks in the Colonies
30
4
Decoding Old Cookbooks
34
4
The New America: Nineteenth-Century Cookbooks
38
26
Early American Cookbooks and Authors
39
9
A New Sense of Economy and Precision
48
4
The Men of the Kitchen
52
3
Cookbooks Respond to Technology
55
5
Food Styling
60
2
Tips for Collecting Nineteenth-Century Cookbooks
62
2
Funds from Food: Charity and Fund-Raising Cookbooks
64
24
What Is a Charity Cookbook?
64
2
The Variety of Charity Cookbooks
66
16
Advertisements
82
3
Food and Philosophy Dished Up Together
85
1
Tips for Collecting Charity Cookbooks
86
2
The Modern Kitchen: Twentieth-Century Cookbooks
88
42
Meeting the Challenge of Change
88
4
Stoves and Refrigerators
92
4
Canning and Freezing
96
6
Some Stars of the 1930s
102
6
The Role of Cookbooks in the War Years
108
2
Regional Gems
110
7
Food Establishment Cookbooks
117
3
Cookbooks in Modern Times
120
6
Classic Cooks
126
1
Tips for Collecting Twentieth-Century Cookbooks
127
3
Ephemera: And Cookbook-Related Collectibles
130
18
Advertising Booklets
130
7
Medical Guides and Household Books
137
1
Etiquette Guides
138
3
Trade and Seed Catalogs
141
2
Menus
143
1
Pillsbury Bake-Off Booklets
143
2
Paperback Cookbooks
145
1
Children's Cookbooks
145
3
The Complete Collector: Hands-On Collecting
148
80
Finding Cookbooks
148
5
Making a Purchase---Dealers and Auctions
153
4
Buying Smart
157
1
Evaluating and Caring for your Cookbooks and Ephemera
158
8
Finding Out More About Your Cookbooks
166
1
Insuring Cookbooks
167
2
Keeping Records, Getting an Appraisal
169
3
Selling Your Cookbooks
172
44
Part Two: Bibliographic Listings with Prices
Last Ingredients
216
1
Cookbook Time Line
216
3
Measurements from Old Cookbooks
219
2
Sources
221
2
American Cookbook Libraries
223
2
Bibliography
225
3
Index
228