An essential text for anyone interested in American cookery. Predating the Joy of Cooking and kicking its ass from coast to coast. 
Kander, Mrs. Simon and many other people. Settlement Cookbook. NY : Simon and Schuster, 1975. 3rd; ltr. ptg. Edition. 8vo. VG/VG.
Essential text; mandelbrodt, pancakes, pot roast.
This book is just what it says it is: Whistler's Mother's cook book.
MacDonald (ed.), Margaret. Whistler's Mother's Cook Book. NY : G.P. Putnam, 1979. 1st Edition. Sm. 8vo. VG/VG.
A nice copy, previously part of a seniors’ program’s library, with small abraded area on f.f.e.p. and faded stamp on top edge. DJ clipped but only very slightly edgeworn. A surprisingly solid square copy.
What a trip this is: a canasta set published by the good people of Weight Watchers.
[Weight Watchers Intl.]. Weight Watchers Canasta. [N.p.] : , . Boxed. .
A boxed card game. Original box abraded and rubbed but still pretty striking. Inside, a moss-green card holder cradles two decks of playing cards (still in shrink-wrap) and the instructions for playing Weight Watchers Canasta. “Three fascinating games for 1, 2, or 4 players — Simple but challenging to play!” Probably not particularly useful but definitely a piece of American culinary and dietetic history.
For those of us who have a weakness for grilled cheese, crisp bacon, milkshakes, and (lord, forgive me) grilled donuts, this book will be a pleasure. It's not a cookbook per se, but it's a pictorial history of places where you can find some of the tastiest food in New England: diners. This book won't change your life, but it might increase your quality of life dramatically. Particularly if it inspires you to drive to your nearest greasy spoon and order up a grilled donut and some coffee.
Anderson, Will. Los Diners and Roadside Restaurants. Bath, ME : Anderson & Sons' Publishing Co., 2001. 1st Edition. Obl. 4to. VG.
VG in paper wrappers. Beautiful. Signed by the author at half-title.
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