2004 (1st Edition)2005 (2nd Edition) Author: Brenda Rhodes MillerContributor: Dr. Dorothy L. Height This cookbook is more than your typical cookbook as the recipes, quotes, advice, and personal anecdotes reveal the interconnected relationship between the love for family, God, the community, and of course food within the African American Church. Moreover, it explores how food…

Title: Chinese Cooking Authors: Shirley Chen & Anne Wu Publication Year: 1973 Publisher / Origin: Taipei, Taiwan (ROC) Category: Regional Chinese cooking and cultural heritage Format: Vintage Culinary Presentation Edition Published in 1973 out of Taipei, Taiwan, Chinese Cooking by Shirley Chen and Anne Wu is a snapshot of cultural preservation and culinary history. Written in the wake of the Nationalist government’s relocation to Taiwan…

1886 (original); 1890 (digitized second edition) Editor: Hattie A. BurrContributors: Various women, including Lucy Stone The Women’s Suffrage Cook book was first published in 1886 and was put together by Hattie A. Burr. The cookbook has recipes contributed by different women including women who supported the fight for women’s voting rights. What I found most interesting about this cookbook is that it wasn’t just made to only share…

1967, General Mills Editor & Author: Betty Crocker Project by Gianna Schiavo The cookbook I chose was “So Quick with New Bisquick”, a Betty Crocker cookbook. The description gives readers the first few clues about what the cookbook aims to achieve. The cookbook promises “foods for family meals”, “parties and outdoor cooking”, and “simple adaptations…

1958 Author: National Dairy Council Post written by: Cate Kirk This Dairy Cook Book was published by the National Dairy Council in 1958 and features various dishes like meals, dips, and desserts all featuring dairy, accented by charming illustrations on the pages. The National Dairy Council is a non-profit organization founded in 1915 and exists…

1971 (1st Edition) Editors: The Garden Club of Georgia Cookbook Committee Illustrator: Mrs. Ralph Baker Contributors: Members of The Garden Club of Georgia More Gems From Many Kitchens was a cookbook compiled and edited by members of The Garden Club of Georgia, a nonprofit organization that used the proceeds from the book’s sales to fund…

1963 Author: The Food Editors of McCall’s The McCall’s Cookbook (1963) was a cookbook created by popular magazine publisher, McCall Corporation. While considered to be a “classic” cookbook and sought after by collectors, physical copies are easy to acquire. Prices for prints of this book tend to land around the $15 mark, obviously depending on…

1959 Publisher: Peter Pauper Press Author: Edna Beilenson Illustrator: Ruth McCrea This Cookbook contains Italian recipes that would be popular in the 1950’s as well as today. The art work on the cover of the cookbook is a theme that is carried throughout the rest of the cook book. The book follows a traditional Italian…

1871Author: Mrs. Mary Mason This cookbook was mass produced through J.B Lippincott and Company, an American publishing firm who originally produced bibles, and then later expanded their merchandise to include journals, medical books, and other educational pieces. This cookbook served as an instructional handbook on how to attend to the various duties required to become…

January 1969 (13th edition) Contributors: Staff of General Mills, Nellie England Bayliss, Nellie Ruth Hunter, Deborah Hunter Leftwich, Kimberly Leftwich JolleyPublisher: General Mills This cookbook is a 1969 edition of Betty Crocker’s Cookbook, commonly referred to as the “red pie cookbook,” as adapted by the Bayliss/Hunter/Leftwich/Jolley family over the course of the twentieth century. Following…