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Books in the Cookbook genre:

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.

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

Mud Pies and Other Recipes (1961)

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

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

The I Hate to Housekeep Book (1962)

A humorous guide to housekeeping.

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

The Margaret Rudkin Pepperidge Farm Cookbook (1963)

A memoir in the form of a cookbook by the founder of Pepperidge Farm Company, Inc.

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Author(s): Margaret Fogarty Rudkin
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Appendix to the I Hate to Cook Book (1966)

A batch of new recipes by one who doesn’t like to cook.

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

Recipes from an Old Farmhouse (1966)

A collection of old British country recipes.

Author(s): Alison Uttley
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Kitchen Essays (1969)

One of the best books of English country house cuisine.

Author(s): Dame Agnes Jekyll
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Pepperidge Farm Baking Book (1970)

A selection of recipes from “The Margaret Rudkin Pepperidge Farm Cookbook”. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Fogarty Rudkin
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

The Pooh Cook Book (1971)

A cookbook inspired by Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Virginia H. Ellison
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Pooh Party Book (1971)

Five parties, including an Eeyore birthday party; a spring party; a picnic, swimming, and expotition party; a honey-tasting party; and a woozle-wizzle snow party. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Virginia H. Ellison
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Times Cookery Book (1972)

A collection of recipes from Britain.

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Author(s): Katie Stewart
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Mary Poppins in the Kitchen (1975)

A Mary Poppins story about food and cooking, with recipes.

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Author(s): P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s): Mary Shepard

The Pooh Party Book (1975)

Party ideas inspired by Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. This British edition shares only the cover and the theme with the American edition.

Author(s): Patsy Kumm
Illustrator(s): Kenneth Ody
Ernest H. Shepard

The Resourceful Cook or What to Cook When There’s Nothing to Cook (1978)

A cookbook for those times when you forgot to shop.

Author(s): Elizabeth Ray
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Pooh Corner Cook Book (1980)

A cook book inspired by the Pooh books which has a more British flavour. Courgette soup anyone?

Author(s): Katie Stewart
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Chocolate: The Consuming Passion (1982)

A not-too-serious look at everyone’s favorite confection.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake (1990)

A daughter makes her mother a birthday cake, with a little help from three angels and her great-grandmother.

Author(s): Nancy Willard
Illustrator(s): Richard Jesse Watson

Laura Ingalls Wilder Country Cookbook (1995)

This is a collection of recipes from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s own cookbook.

Narnia Cookbook (1998)

A collection of the foods eaten in the Narnia chronicles.

Author(s): Douglas Gresham
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Pumpkin Soup (1998)

A cat, a squirrel and a duck live deep in the woods in an old white cabin where they dine every day on pumpkin soup, until one day …

Author(s): Helen Cooper
Illustrator(s): Helen Cooper

Greenaway Medal
Greenaway Medal - 1998

Mud Pies and Other Recipes (2001)

A cookbook for dolls. The ingredients are readily found outdoors. This is the fortieth anniversary edition.

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

A Pipkin of Pepper (2005)

A cat, a squirrel, a duck, pumpkin soup, but not salt … and pepper?

Author(s): Helen Cooper
Illustrator(s): Helen Cooper

Mary Poppins in the Kitchen (2006)

A Mary Poppins story about food and cooking, with recipes. This is the later edition with colored illustrations.

Author(s): P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s): Mary Shepard

My Piggy Book (2006)

Piggy likes to pig out on his favorite food.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

Delicious! (2007)

There are no pumpkins to be had -- what will cat, squirrel and duck do for soup?

Author(s): Helen Cooper
Illustrator(s): Helen Cooper

Dog Biscuit (2008)

Hungry Bridget stole a biscuit and ate … a dog biscuit. Will she really turn into a …?

Author(s): Helen Cooper
Illustrator(s): Helen Cooper

Chocolate: The Consuming Passion (2015)

A not-too-serious look at everyone’s favorite confection, in a new revised edition.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

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