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Books in the Cookbook genre:

Through a Glass Lightly (1897)

A celebration of wine, the title page by Rackham. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): T. T. Greg
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

The Story of Bread (1927)

This book about the history of bread baking was part of a series of books associated the the City and Country School in New York. The dust jacket is by Lois Lenski.

Author(s): Elizabeth Watson
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty
Lois Lenski

The Story of Milk and How It Came About (1927)

A brief history of milk, one of a series of books sponsored by the City and Country School in New York.

Author(s): Elizabeth Watson
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Story Book of Food (1933)

A brief account of how we obtain what we eat. Read online at archive.org.... View More

The Story Book of Things We Use (1933)

An omnibus containing The Story Books of Houses, Clothes, Food, and Transportation.... View More

Green and Gold: The Story of the Banana (1936)

The amazing story of how the banana became America’s favorite fruit.

The Story Book of Foods from the Field (1936)

An omnibus including Story Books of Wheat, Corn, Rice and Sugar.... View More
Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1937

The Story Book of Rice (1936)

The story of the world’s most popular grain.

The Story Book of Sugar (1936)

The story of sugar and other sweet things.

The Story Book of Wheat (1936)

The staff of life - where it comes from, how we use it.

Read online at archive.org. 

Cheddar Gorge (1938)

A collection of essays by different authors on British cheeses.

Author(s): John Collings Squire
Et al
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Second Book of Hundreds of Things a Girl Can Make (1942)

How to make everything from dolls to raffia. This is the second book of three, all by different authors.

Author(s): Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Indian Harvest: Wild Food Plants of America (1945)

An exploration of the wild foods growing in North America.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Jannette May Lucas
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Ice Cream Is Good (1948)

An advertising piece for the National Dairy Council.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Harvest: Volume Two The Household (1950)

This is the second volume of a miscellany which is devoted to domestic subjects.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone
Et al

The Complete Book of Cheese (1955)

Everything you always wanted to know about cheese.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Bob Brown
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

The Omelette Book (1956)

More than three hundred ways to make good use of broken eggs.

Author(s): Narcissa Chamberlain
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

The I Hate to Cook Book (1960)

Recipes from a cook who doesn’t like to.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Peg Bracken
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Mud Pies and Other Recipes (1961)

A cookbook for dolls. The ingredients are readily found outdoors.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Marjorie Winslow
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

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