However, had I known then, as I do now, that cookery books are almost as old as time, my principles — and my purse — were against collecting anything, especially in London, where it adds seriously to ...

You probably have a stack of old kitchen books hiding in a cupboard, and some of them could be quietly worth a lot more than you think. This article shows which seven antique cookbooks collectors ...

Ah, that old book smell, the fusted vanilla scent that evokes nostalgic memories of bedtime stories, baked cakes, and childhood dreams. Vintage books are time capsules, a journey into a forgotten past ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What do "The Count of Monte Cristo" author Alexandre Dumas, surrealist painter Salvador Dalí, and horror actor Vincent Price have in common?

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Humans began cooking their food somewhere between 2 million and 50,000 years ago. While the earliest single recipes to be written were for ...

British novelist Joseph Conrad concluded, “The purpose of a cookery book is one and unmistakable. Its object can conceivably be no other than to increase the happiness of mankind.” Though we don’t ...

If you live in the South, you love history and you’ve been to a church supper or a family reunion, you need the revised edition of “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery.” Do you remember the ...

Nick Mancall-Bitel is the editor of the Travel section, oversees regional correspondents across the Eater network, and manages travel-focused sister site, Thrillist. The full title of Mrs. Levy’s book ...

The study of food is the study of a people. When we cook and eat from a shared table, we become a part of and contribute to a cultural history, one meal at a time. Cookbooks tell the stories of ...

The Italian cookery books were the most important published anywhere, in the sixteenth century. Italy then set the standard of cookery, as of all the arts, for the world. Even the French looked up to ...