The Book of Tea by Waking Lion Press $9.95
This intriguing and enlightening volume discusses the history and meaning of the tea ceremony. A must-read for anyone who is interested in Japanese culture. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 5.5-by-8.5-inch format by Waking Lion Press.

The American Frugal Housewife by IndyPublish $35.99
Along with simply written recipes for roasting a pig and preparing corned beef, hasty pudding, carrot pie, buffalo tongue, and scores of other dishes, this fascinating book, with its lively and direct style, also offered 19th-century readers suggestions for treating chilblains and dysentery, cleaning white kid gloves, educating one's daughters, and much more.

Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey" by St. Martin's Press $22.99
Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants portrayed in Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs, Margaret Powell’s classic memoir of her time in service, Below Stairs, is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman who, though she served in the great houses of England, never stopped aiming high. Powell first arrived at the servants' entrance of one of those great...

Twenty-Five Cent Dinners For Families Of Six (1879) by Kessinger Publishing, LLC $17.95
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Penguin $17.00
A national bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain us--whether industrial or organic, alternative or processed--he develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result...

Civil War Era Recipes by American History Fun Facts
Civil War Era Recipes, compiled by Julia Hutchins for American History Fun Facts. This fun book features original recipes from the Civil War era. Compiled from antique cookbooks, this book will keep you entertained with the original grammar, spelling and ingredients from the time period. You'll read such luscious sounding recipes as Black Puddings, Hardtack, Sucking Pig and more. There are many...

THE LITTLE BOOK OF CHICKEN RECIPES (Poultry) by Goldmineguides.com
Chicken is the most common type of poultry in the world and depending on the country and culture is prepared in a multitude of ways. Chicken as food has been depicted in Babylonian carvings from around 600 BC. In the Middle Ages Chicken was one of the most common meats available and a number of different kinds of chicken were eaten, such as capons, pullets and hens. Capons (castrated cocks)...

Old Cookery Books And Ancient Cuisine by William Carew 1834-1913 Hazlitt $27.75
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our...

Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by W. W. Norton & Company $25.95
The sacred history and profane present of a substance long seen as the essence of health and civilization.For millennia, fresh olive oil has been one of life's necessities-not just as food but also as medicine, a beauty aid, and a vital element of religious ritual. Today's researchers are continuing to confirm the remarkable, life-giving properties of true extra-virgin, and "extra-virgin Italian"...

Everyday Foods in War Time by
The patriotic housewife finds her little domestic boat sailing in uncharted waters. The above message of the Food Administration disturbs her ordinary household routine, upsets her menus and puts her recipes out of commission. It also renders inoperative some of her usual methods of economy at a time when rising food prices make economy more imperative than ever. To be patriotic and still live on...