FREE/BARGAIN — Cookbooks

[murg]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

Cooking with Pressure: 50 Delicious Pressure Cooker Recipes (Pressure Cooker Cookbook, Pressure Cooker Recipes, Pressure Cooker Recipes for Electric Pressure Cookers, Pressure Cooking Book 1) by Chef Maggie Chow

Easy Fried Chicken Cookbook: 50 Delicious Fried Chicken Recipes (Fried Chicken Recipes, Fired Chicken Cookbook Book 1) by Chef Maggie Chow

Cooking with Crackers: 50 Cracker Recipes for Snacks and Meals (Crackers Cookbook, Crackers Recipes, Crackers & Dip, Cracker Books, Snack Recipes, Snack Cookbook Book 1) by Chef Maggie Chow

Easy Popcorn Cookbook: 50 Delicious Popcorn Recipes to Re-Imagine Your Favorite Snack (Popcorn Recipes, Popcorn Cookbook, Corn Recipes, Corn Cookbook, Snack Recipes, Snack Cookbook Book 1) by Chef Maggie Chow

Cooking with Grapes: 50 Delicious Grape Recipes (Grape Recipes, Grape Cookbook, Fruit Recipes, Fruit Cookbook Book 1) by Chef Maggie Chow

Easy Paella Cookbook: 50 Delicious One-Pot Meals (Paella Cookbook, Paella Recipes, One-Pot Meals, One-Pot Cookbook, One-Pot Recipes, Latin Cookbook, Latin Recipes Book 1) by Chef Maggie Chow

The New African Cooking: Authentic Recipes from North Africa (African Cookbook, African Recipes, African Cuisine, African Cooking Book 1) by Umm Maryam

The New Cultural Kitchen: Delicious Arabic, North African, and Mediterranean Recipes (Indian Recipes, Indian Cookbook, Persian Recipes, Persian Cookbook, ... Cookbook, Mediterranean Recipes Book 1) by Umm Maryam


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These are all free, by the way...

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by murg

These are all free, by the way...

That's my default - no price mention means

Free Free Free Free.

[GA Russell]

Happy Foods - $1.99
http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Foods-Ov...dp/B00NP8MMF0/

[GtrsRGr8]

This was a popular book, in the years that it was published, 1832-1845, going through thirty-two editions (source: GoodReads).

The book includes "remedies, advice on parenting, and tips for housekeepers" (GoodReads). Much of the information about those things is outdated, irrelevant, or otherwise unusable. But there are also many recipes, and that's a different matter.

Many of the recipes that I saw were for dishes that I have never heard of before. I wondered if it was because they had simply gone out of style. I'm thinking that many of them would be enjoyed today if cooks would make them.

A fairly large publishing company, Andrew McMeel, has published the book in recent times. It is available at Amazon right now, new, in hardcover and Kindle mobi. I don't know if McMeel republished it because they saw practical value in some of its contents today or for the nostalgic/historical interest (perhaps it was both). At any rate, the fact that it was republished by a publisher of McMeel's calibre is a testimony to its value in the present day.

The following edition is the 27th edition, 1841. It is an "enlarged and corrected" edition. It's the newest edition that I could find. And, it's several years/editions newer than the one published today that you would have to buy.

Title: The American Frugal Housewife.
Format(s): EPub, PDF.
Author(s): Mrs. (Lydia Maria Francis) Child.
Publisher: Samuel S. & William Wood (Publishing Company).
Pages: 130.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews (Amazon): 5.0 (3); 3.36 (641) at GoodReads.
Price: $0.00.
Lowest Price at (or through Amazon) if available from there: $4.49 (Kindle mobi).
Book Description (Amazon):
Published in Boston in 1829, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection by a well-known social reformer, prolific novelist, and journalist provided recipes and tips for homemakers of the early 19th century with an emphasis on self-reliance and frugality in the household. The first American cookbook to focus on economy in the kitchen and the home.

Published in 1829 in Boston, The Frugal Housewife was written by one of the foremost female writers and social reformers of her time, Lydia Maria Child. The charming collection of recipes and tips for homemakers of the early 19th century emphasized frugality in the kitchen and self-reliance in the household—making this work wildly popular in its day. It had over 35 printings, and much of the content is relevant in modern times. Frugal Housewife was the first American cookbook to replace Amelia Simmons’s American Cookery, still in use since publication in 1796, and it was also the first to emphasize the themes of thrift and economy in the kitchen.

Considered a “must-read” for every new bride in the 19th century, The Frugal Housewife offered simple recipes such as Apple Pie, Corned Beef, Gingerbread, Indian Cakes, and Pie Crust, but also included advice on parenting, cleaning, and medical problems, plus numerous practical, Yankee-straightforward tips for saving money. Not just a collection for antiquarians, The Frugal Housewife is a fascinating work by a prolific author that will delight modern-day readers with its quaint but still usable recipes and tips.
Comments: I believe this to be a legal free download, because the book is out of copyright (and has been for a long time!). It is also posted by Google Books as a free ebook.
URL: https://books.google.com/books?id=D3...sewife&f=false. *

* Downloading a book from Google Books is not very intuitive, IMHO. In case you have never done it before, here are instructions. First, click on the symbol, near the top righthand corner of the webpage, that looks like a gear (maybe that's what it's supposed to be, I dunno). You'll get a drop-down menu with several options, including to download the ePub and to download the PDF. Select the one(s) that you want. Depending upon how your computer is set up, the document(s) will save to your hard drive and/or open where you can view it(them).

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

This was a popular book, in the years that it was published, 1832-1845, going through thirty-two editions (source: GoodReads).

The book includes "remedies, advice on parenting, and tips for housekeepers" (GoodReads). Much of the information about those things is outdated, irrelevant, or otherwise unusable. But there are also many recipes, and that's a different matter.

Many of the recipes that I saw were for dishes that I have never heard of before. I wondered if it was because they had simply gone out of style. I'm thinking that many of them would be enjoyed today if cooks would make them.

A fairly large publishing company, Andrew McMeel, has published the book in recent times. It is available at Amazon right now, new, in hardcover and Kindle mobi. I don't know if McMeel republished it because they saw practical value in some of its contents today or for the nostalgic/historical interest (perhaps it was both). At any rate, the fact that it was republished by a publisher of McMeel's calibre is a testimony to its value in the present day.

The following edition is the 27th edition, 1841. It is an "enlarged and corrected" edition. It's the newest edition that I could find. And, it's several years/editions newer than the one published today that you would have to buy.

Title: The American Frugal Housewife.
Format(s): EPub, PDF.
Author(s): Mrs. (Lydia Maria Francis) Child.
Publisher: Samuel S. & William Wood (Publishing Company).
Pages: 130.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews (Amazon): 5.0 (3); 3.36 (641) at GoodReads.
Price: $0.00.
Lowest Price at (or through Amazon) if available from there: $4.49 (Kindle mobi).
Book Description (Amazon):
Published in Boston in 1829, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection by a well-known social reformer, prolific novelist, and journalist provided recipes and tips for homemakers of the early 19th century with an emphasis on self-reliance and frugality in the household. The first American cookbook to focus on economy in the kitchen and the home.

Published in 1829 in Boston, The Frugal Housewife was written by one of the foremost female writers and social reformers of her time, Lydia Maria Child. The charming collection of recipes and tips for homemakers of the early 19th century emphasized frugality in the kitchen and self-reliance in the household—making this work wildly popular in its day. It had over 35 printings, and much of the content is relevant in modern times. Frugal Housewife was the first American cookbook to replace Amelia Simmons’s American Cookery, still in use since publication in 1796, and it was also the first to emphasize the themes of thrift and economy in the kitchen.

Considered a “must-read” for every new bride in the 19th century, The Frugal Housewife offered simple recipes such as Apple Pie, Corned Beef, Gingerbread, Indian Cakes, and Pie Crust, but also included advice on parenting, cleaning, and medical problems, plus numerous practical, Yankee-straightforward tips for saving money. Not just a collection for antiquarians, The Frugal Housewife is a fascinating work by a prolific author that will delight modern-day readers with its quaint but still usable recipes and tips.
Comments: I believe this to be a legal free download, because the book is out of copyright (and has been for a long time!). It is also posted by Google Books as a free ebook.
URL: https://books.google.com/books?id=D3...sewife&f=false. *

* Downloading a book from Google Books is not very intuitive, IMHO. In case you have never done it before, here are instructions. First, click on the symbol, near the top righthand corner of the webpage, that looks like a gear (maybe that's what it's supposed to be, I dunno). You'll get a drop-down menu with several options, including to download the ePub and to download the PDF. Select the one(s) that you want. Depending upon how your computer is set up, the document(s) will save to your hard drive and/or open where you can view it(them).

This looks like a great book.

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

This was a popular book, in the years that it was published, 1832-1845, going through thirty-two editions (source: GoodReads).

The book includes "remedies, advice on parenting, and tips for housekeepers" (GoodReads). Much of the information about those things is outdated, irrelevant, or otherwise unusable. But there are also many recipes, and that's a different matter.

Many of the recipes that I saw were for dishes that I have never heard of before. I wondered if it was because they had simply gone out of style. I'm thinking that many of them would be enjoyed today if cooks would make them.

A fairly large publishing company, Andrew McMeel, has published the book in recent times. It is available at Amazon right now, new, in hardcover and Kindle mobi. I don't know if McMeel republished it because they saw practical value in some of its contents today or for the nostalgic/historical interest (perhaps it was both). At any rate, the fact that it was republished by a publisher of McMeel's calibre is a testimony to its value in the present day.

The following edition is the 27th edition, 1841. It is an "enlarged and corrected" edition. It's the newest edition that I could find. And, it's several years/editions newer than the one published today that you would have to buy.

The American Frugal Housewife.

A different edition (I think) is free from the Kindle store.

http://www.amazon.com/American-Fruga...dp/B00849CIP4/

And Gutenberg

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13493 (Kindle, ePub)

TWELFTH EDITION. ENLARGED AND CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR. 1832.

Lydia Maria Child was also a abolitionist, women's rights activist, opponent of American expansionism, Indian rights activist, novelist, and journalist and Unitarian

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

A different edition (I think) is free from the Kindle store.

http://www.amazon.com/American-Fruga...dp/B00849CIP4/

And Gutenberg

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13493 (Kindle, ePub)

TWELFTH EDITION. ENLARGED AND CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR. 1832.
<snip>

The for-sale edition at Amazon to which I alluded is the one here. I didn't think to search for another edition and/or cheaper edition. I typically do not check Gutenberg at all. So, thanks for the additional information.

Unfortunately, I found no information on the webpage of the for-sale ebook giving its edition, and there wasn't a preview option for this book so as to check the title page for that information. The book's webpage at Amazon mentioned that it came from the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection; it also mentioned the American Antiquarian Society (webage here) as the source of the Collection. That organization has all of the markings of a prestigious one; if they had more than one edition of the cookbook, I have to believe that they would have chosen what they considered to be the very best one that they had, for McMeel Publishing to use.

I think that peeps will be disappointed in the quality of the free Amazon edition other than the text itself, which is not a facsimile like the one that I posted. Frankly, it's kind of cheesy. For example, there is an illustration just a few pages into the book of a young woman in high heels sweeping the floor, all while wearing a uniform something like a waitress wears in a Playboy Club (no, I haven't been in one) but in a maid's motif instead of a bunny motif! There are illustrations of various kinds, but the ones that I saw (also) are anachronistic--i.e., they don't fit the time period in which the book is written.

I don't know what edition that the free one is. There is nothing that I can see that states it. That's annoying. I searched for the most recent edition for posting, assuming that it would be the best one. I've seen a few books that went through two or more editions, however, in which an(the) older one was actually the superior one.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

The for-sale edition at Amazon to which I alluded is the one here. I didn't think to search for another edition and/or cheaper edition. I typically do not check Gutenberg at all. So, thanks for the additional information. Unfortunately, I found no information on the book's webpage giving its edition, and there wasn't a preview option for this book so as to check the title page for that information.

I think that peeps will be disappointed in the quality of the free Amazon edition, other than the text itself which is not a facsimile like the one that I posted. Frankly, it's kind of cheesy. For example, there is an illustration just a few pages into the book, of a young woman in high heels wearing something like a waitress wears in a Playboy Club (no, I haven't been in one) but in a maid's uniform motif instead of a bunny motif! There are illustrations of various kinds, but the ones that I saw (also) are anachronistic--i.e., they don't fit the time period in which the book is written.

I don't know what edition that the free one is. There is nothing that I see that says. That's annoying. I searched for the most recent edition, assuming that it would be the best one. I've seen a few books that went through two or more editions, however, in which the older one was superior.

It is the 1832 version.

[GtrsRGr8]

Staying on the theme of old cookbooks . . . . I thought that some of you might enjoy this.

There's an article at http://www.navyhistory.org/2016/04/chow-navy-bean-soup/ that relates a person's effort to make Navy bean soup--bean soup like was made in the U.S. Navy. Apparently this is a traditional food that was served to sailors on ships, and other Navy personnel I suppose, over the years.

It turns out that the official U.S. Navy bean soup recipe has evolved over time. The person that I mentioned in the previous paragraph modified the recipe from Cook Book of the United States Navy 1944.

You don't have to have the cookbook to make the recipe, however. The aforementioned person has made a copy of the recipe for the Navy bean soup and put that recipe in the article. But, I thought that some of you might be interested in what other recipes that the book might have. So, I dug up a couple of those books--both are from the Internet Archive. Both of them have several options as far as the download format is concerned. Here are the semi-direct links to those books:
https://archive.org/details/TheCookB...StatesNavy1944
https://archive.org/details/TheCookB...sNavy1944-nsia.

[Froide]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Staying on the theme of old cookbooks . . . . I thought that some of you might enjoy this.

There's an article at http://www.navyhistory.org/2016/04/chow-navy-bean-soup/ that relates a person's effort to make Navy bean soup--bean soup like was made in the U.S. Navy. Apparently this is a traditional food that was served to sailors on ships, and other Navy personnel I suppose, over the years.

It turns out that the official U.S. Navy bean soup recipe has evolved over time. The person that I mentioned in the previous paragraph modified the recipe from Cook Book of the United States Navy 1944.

You don't have to have the cookbook to make the recipe, however. The aforementioned person has made a copy of the recipe for the Navy bean soup and put that recipe in the article. But, I thought that some of you might be interested in what other recipes that the book might have. So, I dug up a couple of those books--both are from the Internet Archive. Both of them have several options as far as the download format is concerned. Here are the semi-direct links to those books:
https://archive.org/details/TheCookB...StatesNavy1944
https://archive.org/details/TheCookB...sNavy1944-nsia.

Ah, there's Navy BEAN soup, and then there's NAVY bean soup. Didn't know that. (Get outta my head, Jesse Pinkman, Walter White, and Saul Goodman.)

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Froide

Ah, there's Navy BEAN soup, and then there's NAVY bean soup. Didn't know that. (Get outta my head, Jesse Pinkman, Walter White, and Saul Goodman.)
<snip>

Yeah, I wrestled with that question, too.

I wondered if the bean got its name because it was the variety that was used for the soup that the Navy made or if the bean was already called that before that (maybe before any navy used it). But if the bean didn't get that name because of its use in the Navy, but was already called "Navy bean," how else could it have possibly gotten that name?

It was already late last night when I made the post, so I didn't feel like researching it. So, I just decided to consider it one of the great unanswerable mysteries of the universe and go on to bed and forget about it.

[Froide]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Yeah, I wrestled with that question, too.

I wondered if the bean got its name because it was the variety that was used for the soup that the Navy made or if the bean was already called that before that (maybe before any navy used it). But if the bean didn't get that name because of its use in the Navy, but was already called "Navy bean," how else could it have possibly gotten that name?

It was already late last night when I made the post, so I didn't feel like researching it. So, I just decided to consider it one of the great unanswerable mysteries of the universe and go on to bed and forget about it.

Solution (per Wikipedia Navy bean; bold type and italics are mine):

The navy bean, haricot or pearl haricot bean,[citation needed] white pea bean,[1] or pea bean,[2] is a class of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) native to the Americas, where it was domesticated.[3] It is a small, dry white bean which is smaller than many other types of white beans, and has an oval, slightly flattened shape. It features in such dishes as baked beans and even pies, as well as in various soups such as Senate bean soup.[4] Unlike most canned vegetables, which lose much of their nutritive value in the canning process, navy beans maintain their nutritive value when canned.[5]

The plants that produce navy beans may be either of the bush type or vining type, depending on which cultivar they are.[6]

Consumption of baked beans has been shown to lower total cholesterol levels and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.[7][8] This might be at least partly explained by high saponin content of navy bean. Saponins also exhibit antibacterial and anti-fungal activity, and have been found to inhibit cancer cell growth.[9] Furthermore, navy bean is the richest source of ferulic acid and p-coumaric acid among the common bean varieties.[10] It is commonly known as the "Navy Bean" due to its use as a staple of United States Navy rations in the 19th century.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Froide

Solution (per Wikipedia Navy bean; bold type and italics are mine):

It just makes me want to break out into song, singing the old Village People song, "In the Navy."

No, it doesn't. ha

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

It just makes me want to break out into song, singing the old Village People song, "In the Navy."

No, it doesn't. ha

I shall get even for that earworm.

[GtrsRGr8]

The book description says that chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten is "one of the world's greatest chefs." And we all know that book descriptions would never exaggerate or lie, now don't we? ha

Maybe he is one of the world's greatest chefs, but I'm still wavering on buying this one. It's not that it isn't very highly rated (it is--4.6 stars) or that it's not marked down significantly (it is--85%!). It's that I'm so cheap . . . er . . . frugal that I hate to pay $2.99 for any ebook!

Anyway, if I don't buy, I'm at least going to get the free recipe, on the book's webpage at Amazon, for French Toast with Roasted Apples. Yummers.

Home Cooking with Jean-Georges: My Favorite Simple Recipes. By Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Rated 4.6 stars, from 33 reviews, at Amazon. Print list price $40.00; digital list price $19.99; Kindle price now $2.99. Clarkson Potter, publisher. 256 pages. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005U3V3NK.

Book Description
Join one of the world’s greatest chefs in his most personal book yet, as Jean-Georges Vongerichten shares his favorite casual recipes in Home Cooking with Jean-Georges.

Though he helms a worldwide restaurant empire—with locations in New York, Las Vegas, London, Paris, and Shanghai—Jean-Georges counts his greatest joy in life as family first, then food. In Home Cooking with Jean-Georges, he brings readers into his weekend home, where he cooks simple, delicious dishes that leave him plenty of time to enjoy the company of friends and loved ones.

A few years ago, Jean-Georges decided to give himself a gift that most of us take for granted: two-day weekends. He and his wife, Marja, and their family retreat to their country home in Waccabuc, New York. There, the renowned chef produces the masterful, fresh flavors for which he is known—but with little effort and few dishes to clean at the end. These quick, seasonal, Vongerichten-family favorites include: Crab Toasts with Sriracha Mayonnaise, Watermelon and Blue Cheese Salad, Herbed Sea Bass and Potatoes in Broth, Lamb Chops with Smoked Chile Glaze and Warm Fava Beans, Parmesan-Crusted Chicken, Fresh Corn Pudding Cake, Tarte Tatin, and Buttermilk Pancakes with Warm Berry Syrup.

With 100 recipes and 100 color photographs—all taken at his country house—Home Cooking with Jean-Georges will inspire home cooks with fantastic accessible dishes to add to their repertoires.

From the Hardcover edition