This volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection was published in Buffalo in 1869. In early America, cider was the alcoholic beverage of choice—more popular than beer—and many people brewed it at home. This manual for making homemade hard cider was a complete guide to the entire process, from growing the apples to pressing the…
An illustrated celebration of Gen Z activists fighting to make our world a better place. Gen Z is populated—and defined—by activists. They are bold and original thinkers and not afraid to stand up to authority and conventional wisdom. From the March for Our Lives to the fight for human rights and climate change awareness, this generation…
FLAMES OF FREEDOM is an American Gothic horror tabletop role-playing game, Powered by ZWEIHÄNDER RPG. It is the dawn of the American Revolutionary War of 1776. A tangled web of conspiracy spans North America. It does not matter what your creed, color, culture, faith or gender is—all stand together in the war for survival. Every Rebel…
You don’t have to be a child to appreciate the magic within The Book of Santa Claus. As author Vicky Howard notes, “We can never outgrow the anticipation of a visit from Santa Claus. He is a magical figure, drawn from the legends, history, and folklore of many countries.”The legend of Santa Claus began in…
Over the course of a year writer David Shribman questioned virtually everyone he encountered about the role teachers had played in their lives. The result is this extrordinary collection of personal remembrances of teachers, relayed by people from all walks of life. Readers will be inspired by the Montreal bookseller whose math teacher taught statistics…
A touch can mean so much–friends who reach out to comfort one another, parents who offer a reassuring hand, even strangers who extend a silent sign of consolation. But when that comforting caress comes from a higher power, it carries even more meaning. It’s God’s way of letting us know he is with us, watching…
Published in 1830 in Watertown, New York, and then in 1831 in Canada (where it became Canada’s first cookbook), this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection stresses American cooking and ingredients, and urges fellow countrymen to avoid the foreign influence of English, French, and Italian cooking. Published in 1830 in Watertown, New York, and…
Published in 1837 in Boston, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection by an early American dietary reformer who created Graham crackers presents detailed information about the chemistry and cooking of homemade breads. Graham’s Treatise on Bread and Bread-Making includes a history of bread, discussion of various grains and which make the best breads,…
Published in 1742 in Williamsburg, Virginia, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection is considered to be the first cookbook ever published in America, although it is basically a reprint of an English publication. Originally published in London in 1727, The Compleat Housewife was the first cookbook printed in the United States. William Parks,…
Published in New York in 1877, this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection was written by one of the “great ladies” of American cooking who founded the first cooking school in New York to help unemployed working-class women find work as domestics. This cooking manual is based on the school’s teachings, with heavy emphasis…
This volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection, published in New Orleans in 1885, is one of the great classics of Creole cuisine, believed to be the first Creole cookbook in print. Although it was printed anonymously in 1885, Lafcadio Hearn is generally accepted as the author of La Cuisine Creole. In his introduction, Hearn…
Spokeswoman for a generation, Jackie is saucy, sassy, and sure of herself. Now she shares her wisdom for the ageless in Who’s Counting? So what does Jackie know that the young whippersnappers could stand to learn? She knows that life is too short to spend worrying over every calorie, every wrinkle, and every penny. She…