Cookery books and books on food.
The wikipedia article mentiones in passing that the Powder of Sympathy was suggested in 1687 as a means of solving the longitude problem. Basically the idea was to cut a dog with a knife, then put him aboard a ship. At noon (London time) every day the Powder would be applied to the knife, and the dog would yelp in sympathy--however far away. Thus letting the ship's captain know the time difference between where he was and London, and thus be able to calculate the longitude.
Weird, huh?
While not nearly the centerpoint of the book, this "method," among others more and less scientific, is described in Dava Sobel's wonderful book Longitude.
Jim
Weird, huh?
While not nearly the centerpoint of the book, this "method," among others more and less scientific, is described in Dava Sobel's wonderful book Longitude.
Jim
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Fellow Librivoxees
I for one love to listen to audiobooks (mostly Librivox, of course) while either cooking, eating or doing the dishes (and having a smoke aftwerwards)
So, how about a cook book for a change ?
British Librivoxers may be familiar with this one, apparenty this is a classic in the field, not just for the cooking but also for historical, cultural and literary reasons.
The Art Of Cookery Made Plain And Easy, by Hannah Glasse from 1784 [adopted]
http://www.archive.org/details/artcookerymadep00glasgoog
Who needs Jamie Oliver and all those other TV chefs when you got this classic ? Anybody with me here ?
lector in fabula
I for one love to listen to audiobooks (mostly Librivox, of course) while either cooking, eating or doing the dishes (and having a smoke aftwerwards)
So, how about a cook book for a change ?
British Librivoxers may be familiar with this one, apparenty this is a classic in the field, not just for the cooking but also for historical, cultural and literary reasons.
The Art Of Cookery Made Plain And Easy, by Hannah Glasse from 1784 [adopted]
http://www.archive.org/details/artcookerymadep00glasgoog
Who needs Jamie Oliver and all those other TV chefs when you got this classic ? Anybody with me here ?
lector in fabula
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http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29982/29982-h/29982-h.htm [adopted]
Culture and Cooking, by Catherine Owen (1881)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29970 Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them by Cora Moore
The former (as the author states) is not so much a cookbook as a general guide with anecdotes.
Maybe a certain admin can record the second book as a solo and simultaneously blog about it -- call it Cori & Cora ala Julie Powell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Powell!
Culture and Cooking, by Catherine Owen (1881)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29970 Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them by Cora Moore
The former (as the author states) is not so much a cookbook as a general guide with anecdotes.
Maybe a certain admin can record the second book as a solo and simultaneously blog about it -- call it Cori & Cora ala Julie Powell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Powell!
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This particular admin is barely able to resist Catherine's book. Culture is sadly lacking in my kitchen, and it's time that was changed!
I am also obliged to cook dead animals for my carnivorous husband and son.
Ruth
I am also obliged to cook dead animals for my carnivorous husband and son.
Ruth
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Recipes for salads, dressings, sauces and sandwiches
Author: Marie J. O'Bryan
1915
http://www.archive.org/details/recipesforsalads00obry
I like these old recipes; some look pretty good, too.
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Author: Marie J. O'Bryan
1915
http://www.archive.org/details/recipesforsalads00obry
I like these old recipes; some look pretty good, too.
-karen
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http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19077 [adopted]
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties
With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29730
Desserts and Salads
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24542
Fifty Salads
(some gross ones too)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9938
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery
Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties
With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29730
Desserts and Salads
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24542
Fifty Salads
(some gross ones too)
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9938
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery
Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies
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Simple Italian Cookery by Mabel Earl McGinnis
Hi all,
I see many of you love cookbooks, and I love italian food. How about recording this for Librivox? The author was born in 1876, and the book was published in 1912. But I don't know when she died. The etext can be found at:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6385 -
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Hi all,
I see many of you love cookbooks, and I love italian food. How about recording this for Librivox? The author was born in 1876, and the book was published in 1912. But I don't know when she died. The etext can be found at:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6385 -
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Watching the latest in a glut of TV documentaries on the history of food and cookery, I wonder if there'd be any value in putting some of the historic cookery books on to Librivox, such as
John Evelyn's Acetaria (all about salad!)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15517
Hannah Glasse: The Art of Cookery [adopted]
http://archive.org/details/artcookerymadep02glasgoog
Eliza Acton: Modern Cookery
http://archive.org/details/moderncookeryin00actogoog
and no doubt there are lots of others.........
John Evelyn's Acetaria (all about salad!)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15517
Hannah Glasse: The Art of Cookery [adopted]
http://archive.org/details/artcookerymadep02glasgoog
Eliza Acton: Modern Cookery
http://archive.org/details/moderncookeryin00actogoog
and no doubt there are lots of others.........
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We do have some cookbooks and housekeeping type books in the catalog. Here's a search result for the genre, "Cookery":
https://catalog.librivox.org/search_advanced.php?title=&author=&cat=&genre=cookery&status=all&type=&language=&date=&reader=&bc=&mc=&action=Search
But people are always welcome to add more!
https://catalog.librivox.org/search_advanced.php?title=&author=&cat=&genre=cookery&status=all&type=&language=&date=&reader=&bc=&mc=&action=Search
But people are always welcome to add more!
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We've occasionally added recipes (or receipts, as they used to call them) to the non-fic collections. Some of them even read like free verse.
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I've wanted to do a confectionery book for a while, and it seems to me that, being short and simply-written, they might help with the 10 000 item target.
Frye's practical candy maker http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37073/37073-h/37073-h.htm
I may do http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37073/37073-h/37073-h.htm as a solo if no-one else has. I like old fashioned advertising copy for its ridiculous earnestness. 8)
Frye's practical candy maker http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37073/37073-h/37073-h.htm
I may do http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37073/37073-h/37073-h.htm as a solo if no-one else has. I like old fashioned advertising copy for its ridiculous earnestness. 8)
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Experiments on the Spoilage of Tomato Ketchup by A. W. Bitting.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52867
128 kb, some 1.5 hours finished recording I guess.
It is science though
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52867
128 kb, some 1.5 hours finished recording I guess.
It is science though
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we are in the process of producing the second vegetarian cookbook this fall, but some of us also like fish
A Handbook of Fish Cookery by Lucy H. Yates [adopted]
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53525
Oysters and Fish by Thomas J. Murrey [adopted]
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53521
A Handbook of Fish Cookery by Lucy H. Yates [adopted]
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53525
Oysters and Fish by Thomas J. Murrey [adopted]
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53521
Carolin
New to Project Gutenberg:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54045
The Economical Jewish Cook by Edith B. Cohen
Orthodox Jewish recipes
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54039
Fast-Day Cookery by Grace Johnson
Roman Catholic recipes
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54045
The Economical Jewish Cook by Edith B. Cohen
Orthodox Jewish recipes
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54039
Fast-Day Cookery by Grace Johnson
Roman Catholic recipes
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