Compiled By: Katie Hartman, Curatorial Graduate Assistant<\/p>\n
Created March 2021<\/p>\n
About<\/strong><\/p>\n This short guide is intended to be a quick introduction to the cookbooks and related materials held within the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. This is by no means the be all end all of all the resources offered within the library, it is merely intended to be a jumping off point and may not always reflect our most recent acquisitions.<\/p>\n Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n The Rare Book & Manuscript Library holds a collection of cookbooks and domestic guides which are found throughout the RBML\u2019s holdings. The materials of the University of Illinois\u2019 collection listed in this finding aid, in conjunction with collections around the world, present a window into the cultural and culinary lives of both the working classes and the aristocratic gentry of the world. Cookbooks and domestic guides also offer a unique look at how women wrote and read about themselves, providing a glimpse of the domestic sphere that would shift and change in tandem with the cultural influences and domestic expectations. These changes would, in turn, influence the genre of domestic guides and cookbooks as a whole, eventually molding the cookbook into the brightly colored, uniformly printed and measured recipe books that we know and interact with today.<\/p>\n The books presented here range from an incunabula printed in Germany in the late 1400s to mid-1500s and a manuscript book of recipes from 1634 to modern artist books and reprintings of historical cookbooks. The bulk of the collection is centered upon England and America with some materials from France, Germany, and Italy. The finding aid below is organized by geographic region of publication and then alphabetically by author\u2019s last name.<\/p>\n Key Words<\/strong><\/p>\n Baking Cookbooks and Domestic Guides<\/strong><\/p>\n America<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Barnum, H. L. Family Receipts: or, Practical Guide for the Husbandman and Housewife<\/em>. Cincinnati: A. B. Roff, 1831. Shelfmark: 603 B26f<\/p>\n Benton, Caroline French. A Little Cookbook for a Little Girl.<\/em> Boston: Page Co, c1905. Shelfmark: S.641.5 B94l<\/p>\n Bicks, Caroline and Michelle Ephraim. Shakespeare, Not Stirred: cocktails for your everyday dramas. <\/em>New York: A Perigee Book, 2015. Shelfmark: IUB02102.<\/p>\n Girardey, G. The North American Compiler, containing a large number of selected, approved, and warrented receipts<\/em>. Rossville, 1844. Shelfmark: 603 G44<\/p>\n Just Cocktails<\/em>. United States: The Mountaineers, c1939. Shelfmark: IUA16498<\/p>\n Mackenzie, Collin. Five Thousand Receipts in all the useful and domestic arts\u2026<\/em> Philadelphia: A. Small. 1825. Shelfmark: 603 M19m1825<\/p>\n Mackenzie, Collin. Mackenzie\u2019s five thousand receipts in all the useful domestic arts\u2026 <\/em>Philadelphia: James Kay, Jun. and Brother; Pittsburgh: C.H. Kay & Co, 1829. Shelfmark: 603 M19m<\/p>\n Maret, Russell. Hungry bibliophiles: an experiment in utilitarian bookmaking.<\/em> New York: Russell Maret, 2015. Shelfmark: IUQ04792<\/p>\n Maret, Russell. Hungry Bibliophiles: an experiment in utilitarian bookmaking. <\/em>New York: Russell Maret, 2017. Shelfmark: IUQ04850<\/p>\n Plat, Hugh, Sir. Delights for Ladies<\/em>. Herrin, Ill.: Trovillion Private Press, 1939. Shelfmark: 603 P69D1939<\/p>\n Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby. \u2026 The experienced American housekeeper<\/em>. Hartford, Ct: Andrus and Judd, 1835<\/p>\n Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby. A New System of Domestic Cookery<\/em>.\u00a0 New York: R. M\u2019 Dermut & D. D. Arden, 1814. Shelfmark: IUB02459<\/p>\n Tarpey-Schwed, Randall. Plate by Plate: California Recipes from the Gold Rush through “California cuisine.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 2014, San Francisco: The Book Club of San Francisco. Shelfmark:\u00a0Q. SFFP 550<\/p>\n West, Rebecca. Rebecca\u2019s Cookbook. <\/em>Washington D.C.: 1942. Shelfmark: Wells 641.5 W52r<\/p>\n England<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Atkins, Arabella. The family magazine: in two parts … <\/em>London: Printed for J. Osborn at the Golden-Ball Paternoster-Row, 1741. Shelfmark: 640 F211<\/p>\n Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary). The book of household management\u2026 <\/em>London: S.O. Beeton, 1861. Shelfmark: 641 B39b1861<\/p>\n Carter, Susannah. The frugal housewife, or, Complete woman cook\u2026 <\/em>London: Printed for E. Newbery, the corner of St. Paul\u2019s Curch-yard, 1795. Shelfmark: 641.5 C246f<\/p>\n Eighteenth Century Cookery Manuscript<\/em>. 1733-1740. Shelfmark: Post-1650 MS 0061<\/p>\n Farmer, Fannie Merrit. The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.<\/em> Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1916. Shelfmark: IUA15831<\/p>\n Glasse, Hannah. The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy<\/em>. London, 1747. Shelfmark: IUQ04649<\/p>\n Markham, Gervase. The English House-wife. <\/em>London: Printed by B. Alsop for J. Harison, 1649. Shelfmark: 640 M341E1649<\/p>\n Markham, Gervase. The English husbandman: drawne into two bookes, and each booke into two parts\u2026 <\/em>London: Printed for William Shears, and are to be sold at his shops, 1635. Shelfmark: 630.942 M34e1635<\/p>\n Markham, Gervase. The English Husbandman\u2026<\/em>\u00a0 London: Printed by John Norton for Henry Taunton, 1635. Shelfmark: 630.942 M34E<\/p>\n Mason, Charlotte. The Lady\u2019s Assistant for Regulating and Supplying the Table\u2026\u00a0 <\/em>London: T. Gillet, 1805. Shelfmark: 641.5 M381\u21131805<\/p>\n Raffald, Elizabeth. The experienced English housekeeper: for the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks… <\/em>London: Printed for R. Baldwin no. 47. Pater-Noster Row, 1794. Shelfmark: 641.5 R12e1794<\/p>\n [Recipe book]<\/em> England, 1634. Shelfmark: Pre-1650 MS 0207<\/p>\n Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby. A New System of Domestic Cookery<\/em>. London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1823. Shelfmark: 641.5 R871n1832<\/p>\n Smith, E. (Eliza). The compleat housewife, or, Accomplish\u2019d gentlewoman\u2019s companion\u2026<\/em> London: Literary Services & Production, 1968. Shelfmark: 641.5 Sm55c1968<\/p>\n Trovillion, Violet De Mars. Recipes & Remedies of Early England, 1946. Shelfmark: 640 T75R<\/p>\n William, T. The accomplished housekeeper, and universal cook\u2026<\/em>London: Printed for J. Scatcherd, no. 12, Ave-Maria-Lane. Shelfmark: IUB02689<\/p>\n W. M., The compleat cook: expertly prescribing the most ready wayes, whether Italian, Spanish or French, for dressing of flesh, and fish, ordering of sauces, or making of pastrey. <\/em>London: Printed by John Grismond for Nath. Brook at the Angel in Cornhill, 1663. Shelfmark: IUB01722 Woolley, Hannah. The queen-like closet, or, Rich cabinet : stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery : very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex : to which is added, a supplement, presented to all ingenious ladies, and gentlewomen. <\/em>London: Richard Lowndes, 1675. Shelfmark: IUB03258<\/p>\n France<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n La Varenne, Francois Pierre de. Le pastissier franc\u0327ois. <\/em>Amsterdam: Chez Louys & Daniel Elzevier, 1655. Shelfmark: IUB01721<\/p>\n Germany<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Martha, oder, Haus- und landwirthschaftliches Taschenbuch fu\u0308r alle der Ku\u0308che und Haushaltung beflissenen deutschen Hausfrauen. <\/em>Leipzin: Bei Wilhelm Nauck, 1830. Shelfmark: 641 M362<\/p>\n Italy<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Apicius. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome; a bibliography, critical review and translation of the ancient book known as Apicius de re coquinaria. <\/em>Joseph Dommers Vehling, editor and translator. Chicago: W.M. Hill, 1936. Shelfmark: 641.5 Ap3dEv<\/p>\n Apicius.\u00a0In hoc opere contenta Apicii Caelii De opsoniis et condimentis, siue, Arte coquinaria, libri X : item, Gabrieli Humelbergij medici, physici Isnensis in Apicij Caelij libros X annotations. <\/em>Tiguri Zurich: In Officina Froschouianam,\u00a0 1542. Shelfmark: IUB01536<\/p>\n Beccamiche: almanacco per l’anno 1809: che contiene molti segreti utilissimi per conservare la salute, e la bellezza: insegna il modo di fare i sorbetti, varie paste ec., per formare tinture, lustri ec. <\/em>Milano: Presso i fratelli Galeazzi, 1809. Shelfmark: Mini Cavagna 17063<\/p>\n Faccioli, Emilio. Arte della cuncina: libri de ricette, testi sopra lo scalco, il trinciante e i vini dal XIV al XIX secolo. <\/em>Milano: Edizioni il Polifilo, 1966. Shelfmark: Cavagna 20392<\/p>\n Reference Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n Books<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Note: All listed books can be found through the library catalog at UIUC libraries or through interlibrary loan<\/em><\/p>\n Edible series, full list provided at University of Chicago Press Books website; https:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/series\/RB-EDIBLE.html<\/a><\/p>\n Freedman, Paul. American Cuisine: and How It Got This Way<\/em>. First edition. New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corporation, A division of W. W. Norton & Company Independent Publishers Since 1923, 2019.<\/p>\n La Varenne, Franc\u0327ois Pierre de. La Varenne\u2019s Cookery.<\/em> Terence Scully, translator. Blackawton, Totnes, U.K.: Prospect Books, 2006.<\/p>\n Notaker, Henry. A History of Cookbooks: from kitchen to page over seven centuries<\/em>. Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2017.<\/p>\n Wall, Wendy. Recipes for Thought: Knowledge and Taste in the Early Modern English Kitchen.<\/em> University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.<\/p>\n Willan, Anne., Mark Cherniavsky, and Kyri. Claflin. The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook<\/em>. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012.<\/p>\n Willan, Anne., Mark Cherniavsky, and Kyri. Claflin. Women in the Kitchen: Twelve Essential Cookbook Writers Who Defined the Way We Eat, From 1661 to Today.<\/em>\u00a0 Scribner, 2020.<\/p>\n Wilson, Bee. Consider the Fork: a history of how we cook and eat.<\/em>\u00a0New York: Basic Books, 2012.<\/p>\n Online Resources for Primary Materials<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n CoReMa\u2014Cooking Recipes of the Middle Ages: http:\/\/gams.uni-graz.at\/context:corema<\/a><\/p>\n The Food Timeline: https:\/\/www.foodtimeline.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n The Internet Archive: Cookbooks and Home Economics Collection.\u00a0 https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/cbk<\/a><\/p>\n Noreen Feale Falcone Library Finding Aid for Primary Sources: 19th<\/sup> & 20th<\/sup> Century Cookbooks: https:\/\/resources.library.lemoyne.edu\/c.php?g=679052&p=4787486<\/a><\/p>\n The Sifter Database: https:\/\/thesifter.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n Primary Sources: Food History Digital Primary Sources. The Culinary Institute of America, Conrad N. Hilton Library.\u00a0 https:\/\/library.culinary.edu\/primarysources\/digitalfoodhistory\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCookbook(s)
\nCooking
\nGastronomy
\nHome Economics
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\n[Note: bound with Queens closet opened, item barcode 30112104996571] \u2026The Queens closet opened\u2026<\/em>London; Pritned by John Grismond for Nath. Brook at the Angel in Cornhill, 1663. Shelfmark: IUB01722<\/p>\n