1890s Cookery Books

    Here it is!  The 1890s list of cook books!  I'm finally free!

    I think... I think I need a little time before I work on another cookery post.

Baked goods and sandwiches
Cakes, meat pies, fruit tarts, breads, sandwiches.
    Braun, Emil. Perfection in Baking (4th ed.). New York, NY: Emil Braun, 1899.
    Hérissé, Emile. The Art of Pastry Making. London, UK: Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co., 1893.
    Schurr, Eugene, comp. The Baker's Hand Book. Chicago, IL: Robbins Brothers, 1895.
    Wells, Robert. The Bread and Biscuit Baker's and Sugar-Boiler's Assistant (3rd ed.). London, UK: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1895.
    Willis, Leida A., comp. The Rumford Bread and Pastry Cook. Providence, RI: Rumford Chemical Works, c.1895.
    —. The Baker, Including Bread and Fancy Baking. London, UK: Houlston and Sons, c.1890.

Cocktails and punches
Mixed drinks, home brewing, soda syrups.
    Davies, Frederick, and Seymour Davies. Drinks of All Kinds: Hot and Cold, for All Seasons. London, UK: John Hogg, 1896.
    —. Official Hand-Book and Guide. New York, NY: Bartenders' Association, 1895.

Dinners
All dinners all the time; for big meals, not little suppers.
    Earl, Ethel. Dinners in Miniature. London, UK: Chapman and Hall, 1892.
    Herrick, Christine Terhune. The Little Dinner. New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892.
    Howell, Sarah Biddle, comp. Nine Family Dinners and How to Prepare Them. Trenton, NJ: Naar, Day & Naar, 1890.
    Kenney-Herbert, Arthur Robert. Fifty Dinners. London, UK: Edward Arnold, 1895.
    Praga, Mrs. Charles. Dinners of the Day. London, UK: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1899.
    Wren, Jenny. Dainty Dishes for Dinners. Paisley, UK: Alexander Gardner, 1891.

Ice cream, custards, and blancmanges
Custard is thickened with eggs; blancmange is thickened with starch.
    Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey. Frosty Fancies. Nashua, NH: White Mountain Freezer Co., 1898.
    Marshall, Agnes B. The Book of Ices (Rev.). London, UK: Ward, Lock & Co., c.1894.
    Rorer, Sarah Tyson. Dainty Dishes for All the Year Round. Philadelphia, PA: American Machine Co., 1890.
    —. "Queen City" Receipt Book: The Celebrated Collection of Prize Receipts for Desserts, Ice Creams, Fruit Ices, Sherbets, Jellies, Puddings, Etc. Buffalo, NY: Shepard Hardware Co., c.1892.

Jellies, pickles, and chutneys
Includes marmalade, fruit preserves, Jell-O, relishes.
    Smith, Louisa E. Bonnes Bouches and Relishable Dishes for Breakfast and Luncheon. London, UK: Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co., 1893.
    —. Ayer's Preserve Book. Lowell, MA: J. C. Ayer & Co., c.1893.

Miscellaneous
Generic or mixed recipe books.
    Abel, Mary Hinman. Practical Sanitary and Economic Cooking. Rochester, NY: American Public Health Association, 1890.
    Aunt Babette. "Aunt Babette's" Cook Book: Foreign and Domestic Receipts for the Household. Cincinnati, OH: The Bloch Publishing and Printing Co., 1893.
    Farmer, Fannie Merritt. The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1896.
    Macaire, Mary L. Allen. Savouries and Sweets (17th ed.). London, UK: J. S. Virtue & Co., 1892.
    Thompson, Henry. Food and Feeding. London, UK: Frederick Warne and Co., 1898.
    Watson, Marcia L. The Reliable Cook Book. New York, NY: H. Franklin Jones, 1898.
    White, Sally Elizabeth Joy. Cookery in the Public Schools. Boston, MA: D. Lothrop Company, 1890.

Sweets and confections
Hard candy, fudge, toffee, etc.
    Francatelli, Charles Elmé. The Royal Confectioner (6th ed.). London, UK: Chapman and Hall, 1891.
    Owen, Mrs. DeWitt C. Ripley's Sweet Sixteen. Dixon, IL: D. C. Owen, 1898.

Themed recipes
Single ingredients, holidays, dietary restrictions.
    Babet. 99 Practical Methods of Utilizing Boiled Beef. New York, NY: John Ireland, 1893.
    Johnson, Grace. Fast-Day Cookery; or, Meals Without Meat. London, UK: Griffith Farran & Co., 1893.
    Lambert, Almeda. Guide for Nut Cookery: Together with a Brief History of Nuts and Their Food Values. Battle Creek, MI: Joseph Lambert and Company, 1899.
    Madame Ryty. 400 Sweet Dishes. London, UK: W. Nicholson & Sons, c.1895.
    Rorer, Sarah Tyson. New Salads. Philadelphia, PA; Arnold and Company, 1897.
    —. Cottolene: The New Shortening. Chicago, IL: N. K. Fairbank & Co., c.1892.

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