Search Results: Canadian Cookbooks from JWMah

Canada: Kraft Foods Limited, 1955. (CAD?) No markigns, Very Good. Booklet with paper cover showing colour photo of 6 prepared dishes, side-stapled, no page numbers [40]pp There is one recipes per page with 4-6 B&W step-by-step photos and a suggsted menu at the top of each page. No date; a guess at mid 1950s; date uncertain. uncommon. (0.9 JM HOX 1/a12. Staple Bound. Very Good (-). 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Toronto: Chatelaine, 1953. (CAD) No markings, slight toning of page edges, good used copy. 17 x 13 cm paper cover with colour photo of spread of food on festive table, side-stapled, no page numbers [24pp] This booklet presents menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner for each day of the week from July to December. No date, possibly early 1950s. No illus. (0.9 JM ITF2 docket 21. Staple Bound. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Montreal / Toronto: Mount Royal Rice Mills Limited, 1957. (CAD) Small remnant of paper stuck to the edge of the front cover (about the size of a quarter) no markings, Good. This is one of the early food booklets written by Benoit for the Mount Royal Rice Company. 17 x 12.5cm, paper covers with colour photo of rice in casserole against black background, side-stapled, 1-24pp. Index. Small illus of foreign locales. There is a small portrait of Madame Benoit on the first page. Colour illus of bix of Dainty Rice to the inside front cover, and a box of Dainty Rice Dinner to the inside back cover. About 30 recipes from China, France, India, Mexico. Date uncertain; possibly [1957] or late 1950s. (0.9 JM HOX 2/a14. Staple Bound. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Montreal / Toronto: Mount Royal Rice Mills Limited, 1957. (CAD) Very faint small spot to the mrgin of first page, no markings, Very Good. This is one of the early food booklets written by Benoit for the Mount Royal Rice Company. 17 x 12.5cm, paper covers with colour photo of rice in casserole against black background, side-stapled, 1-32pp, index. Small illus of foreign locales. There is a small portrait of Madame Benoit on the first page. Colour illus of box of Dainty Rice to inside front cover; About 49 recipes from China, France, India, Mexico. Date uncertain; possibly [1957] or late 1950s. This copy is a later printing with more pages than the earlier version. (0.9 JM HOX 1/a16. Staple Bound. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Dryden ON: Alex Wilson Publications Limited, 1962. (CAD) Three of the teeth to the palstic comb binding are broken, recipes written in pen to the first blank page, Good used copy. 21,5 x 14 cm, pink and blue pictorial card cover, with clear plastic sleeve, white plastic comb binding [1] 2-60pp with 20 blank pages for recipes. Recipes include the contributors' names. (0.9 Jm HOX 1/a16. Plastic Comb. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 2003. (CAD) First Printing No markings, Fine. Stiff flexible wraps with colour photo, illus endpapers, 192pp. Mostly colour photos of prepared dishes with B&W photos. These are the recipes from the author's restaurant L'eau a la Bouche in Quebec Laurentian region. Text is in English. The recipes are organized seasonally: Skate, Chaterelles and Scallops; Pork prepared two Ways; Gingered Trout Fillet. When it first opened, L'Eau à la Bouche was a small eatery hidden away in the vast Laurentian forests. Twenty years later, it is one of Quebec's top restaurants and one of only three Canadian members in the select Relais Gourmands network. (3.1 JM LVR 200/b3. 1st. Paperback. Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Vancouver: Figure 1 Publishing, 2016. (CAD) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the end paper: " Hug a farmer / Peal out/ James Walt", no other markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Photo boards, 232pp, index; full-page colour photos. This is the second cookbooks for the famed Canadian chef wroking at his Whistler restaurant. A heavy book. (3.9 JM HOJ 303/a2. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2009. (CAD) 2nd printing of First edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 250pp, index, full-page colour photos. Araxi Restaurant is located in Whistler BC. James Walt has been recognized by the Globe and Mail as "one of the top seven chefs in the country." He spent four years at Sooke Harbour House before joining Araxi in 1998. After opening Blue Water Cafe, he was appointed executive chef to the Canadian embassy in Rome and has been invited to cook at the James Beard House in New York City three times.A heavy book. (3.5 JM LVR 202/b3. Inscribed By Author. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by SHERLOCK, John. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Summerland BC: Canada Experimental Farm, 1952. (CAD) Edition Not Stated No markings, Near Fine. Oblong 15 x 20 cm, card covers, side-stapled, 17pp. Colour photos. No date given, possibly 1950s, date uncertain. This booklet of tested apple recipes was presented by the fruit growers of the Okanagan, Kootenay & Creston Valleys:Taffy Apples, Apple Candies and Apple Mincemeat. (0.7 JM HOX 1/a14. Staple Bound. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Toronto: Modern Canadian Library, 1972. (CAD) Presumed st edition, in scare hardcover edition. Owner's name, cooking spots here and there to pages, Good used copy in Good only dust jacket which is soiled and has rubbing to edges and some edge faults; DJ is in mylar sleeve. 8 " x 5.5", red boards, 160pp, index. A few B&W decorative illus. The dust jacket shows a colour photo of Mme. Benoit in her kitchen using a whisk. "A collection of some of the most famous recipes and ideas from Canada's best known cook and most competent authority on Canadian foods." 200 recipes. (1.4 JM HOJ 301/4. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Calgary AB: American Woman's Club of Calgary, 1960. (CAD) No markings, there are several very small cooking spots to the first couple of leaves, fragile corners of cover slightly eased, overall Very Good used copy; no Dust jacket as published. 23 x 15cm, yellow cloth hardcover with blue lettering and bird, [1-title page-2] 3- 177 pages. Local advertisements, some illustrated. One-page history of the Club given by Mrs. W. F. McNeill, who notes that the Domestic Science Department of the Club produced a cook book in 1913, a year after the organization was founded. It produced another in 1923-24 and two or more during the period 1927-29. The book does not make it clear if the recipes in this 1960 edition draw recipes from the Club's earlier cookbook. Past presidents of the Club listed. The term of office for the last president listed ends with 1960, which date Worldcat accepts as the publication date. Printed by The Albertan Printers. (1.4 JM LVR 206/b1. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo… Read More

Calgary AB: American Woman's Club of Calgary, 1923. (CAD) There are recipes written in pencil along with recipes clipped from newspapers, to the blank pages to the back of the book, page 159/ 160 is torn and was at some point repaired with clear tape, now yellowed, very light soiling to covers, red pen scribble to the back cover, small tear to the base of the spine at the rear spine gutter, about Good used copy; no Dust jacket as published. 23 x 15cm, light putty cloth hardcover with blue lettering and bird, ads to pastedowns, 1-- 240 page, then [10[ blank pages for notes. Local advertisements, some illustrated. The Club was founded in 1912; Their first cookbook was published in 1913, a paper covered volume that sold for 25 cents. In 1923-24 a cook book was publsihed by the Domestic Science Department which was so successful that the sale of the cookbooks raised sufficinet funds to purchase the club house and furnish it. I believe this is that edition although there is no date to this… Read More

[Montreal]: Robin Hood Flour Mills Limited, 1951. (CAD) No markings, NEAR FINE. 23 x 15 cm, colour card covers with title block with sliced white bread and butter as background, side-stapled, [1], 2-24pp. Small B&W instructional photos with illus. "This simple, new rolled dough method makes 4 large, delicious loaves in 6 hours. No fuss with overnight rising." A very clearly presented method for making white bread with Robin Hood Vitamin Enriched Flour. No date given, possibly early 1950s; date uncertain. Published in French under the title: UNE CROUTE DOREE DANS SIX HEURES. (0.9 M HOX 1/9. Staple Bound. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver: Evergreen Press Limited, 1958. (CAD) This is the first edition with the date 1958 to the title page. There is an owner's inscription to the top of the title page: "To G--- with memories of Centennial Year. A keepsake, Love, B--- Christmas 1958", no other markings, tiny faint sot to the cover, otherwise Fine copy; no Dj as issued. 23.5 x 15.5 cm, white cloth with border of Dogwood flowers and titles in blue and red, map of British Columbia to front and back endpapers, [i-iv] [1-4] 5-298pp, index. The back cover has a single Dogwood blossom. B&W photos of BC locales to each chapter divider page. A few line drawings here and there. Acknowledgements from Mildred I. Roylance, president of Provincial Board of B.C.W.I's. Foreword by Ethel White, Convener of Home Economics, B.C.W.I's.There is a short history of the Women's Institute by Stella E. Gummow. Foreword by Ethel White, Convener of Home Economics. Attractive copy. (1.8 JM 0732. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No… Read More

Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2000. (CAD) First Printing. No markings, Fine copy. 23 x 17cm, photo wraps, [i-iii], iv-x, [1], 2-374pp where pages 369-374 are lined for notes. Index. A few monchrome decorative drawings. The Vancouver Section of the National Council of Jewish Women began publishing cookbooks in 1929. This is their 7th collection, more than 300 recipes in both Ashkenazi and Sephardic styles with a "contemporary twist". Sidebars contain historical notes about Jewish cooking and Jewish cooking tips. (2.2 JM LVR 200/b5. 1st. Paperback. Fine. Illus. by MEYER, Henry. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2008. (CAD) INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR : " Enjoy the ocean/ one fish at a time/ Culinary wishes/ Frank Pabst" and draiwing of 3 fish, no other markings, As New in As New dust jacket. Boards, 202pp, index. Colour photos. Located in Vancouver's Yaletown, the Blue Water Cafe is one of the best fine-dining restuarants in the Pacific Northwest. Recipes include Ahi Tuna Zuke, Gooseneck Narnacles Provencale, Jellyfish and Asian Pear Salad. A heavy book. (2.9 JM hoj 302/2. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Toronto: Canadian Living / Madison Press, 1988. (CAD) 2nd Printing of the first edition (1988) Remainder stamp to bottom edge of pages, no other markings, Fine in Fine(-) dust jacket with a small closed tear to the bottom edge of rear panel. . Blue boards with gold titles, blue endpapers, 285pp, index. Colour photos of prepared dishes. One of the best Canadian cookbooks from the 1980s with over 525 recipes, menus, tips, serving ideas. A heavy book. (4.5 JM HOJ 300/5. Hardcover. Fine/Fine (-). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Remainder.

Ottawa: Department of Fisheries of Canada, 1951. (CAD) 12.5 x 20 cm, glossy card cover with colour illustration of edible fish species, side-stapled, [1-2], 3-64pp. Index. Colour photos of prepared dishes; line drawing with blue wash; B&W photo of test kitchen in Ottawa. Consumer Bulletin No 3. Tips for the buying and storing of fish with advice on home canning of fish. Close to 100 recipes with one f or Eel Matelote. The date is to the recto of the back cover with the name of Edmund Cloutier, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. Owner's`names are typed to the recto of the back cover, no other markings, rubbing to cover edges, Good+. (0.8 JM HOX 2/a13. Staple Bound. Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

[Montreal]: Canada Starch Company Limited, 1955. (CAD) Date uncertain; possibly mid 1950s. No markings, slight toning to white edge of covers, Very Good. 19 x 13 cm (?), white card with line portrait of "Jane Ashley", colour photos of cookies and cakes, side-stapled, 20pp. Black Beaytu Icing, Chiffon Frosting, Raspberry chiffon pie, Sponge Cake. (1.2 JM HOX 1/a16. 1st. Staple Bound. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Scarborough: Prentice-Hall, 1992. (CAD) First Printing SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS to the title page, no other markings, Fine in Fine (-) dust jacket in mylar sleeve. Folio, red bds, printed endpapers, xx, 254pp, index. Attractive colour photos of prepared dishes augmented with B&W historic photos of home kitchens, women cooking, picnics, etc. The team of Ferguson and Frasr have written many wonderful cookbooks (among them THE CANADIAN LIVING COOKBOOK). This book is organized into decades starting with 1900-1909, and ending in the 1990s. The topics covered in each decade are diverse--from the imapct of media on Canadian eating habits to how kitchens have changed. Each chapter includes recipes typical of the period--Edwardian picnics, wartime specials, Depression recipes, along with canadian classics such as Nanaimo bars and Butter tarts. All the 400 recipes have been tested. As well this book contains the most extensive cookbook bibliography tht I have come across, with photos of some of… Read More