food history

Un Discurso del Chocolate, written by Santiago Valverde Turices
Oldest Book on Chocolate to Auction
Un Discurso del Chocolate, written by Santiago Valverde Turices and printed 400 years ago in Seville, is considered to be the first book to focus exclusively on chocolate.
Menu for Mark Twain’s seventieth birthday with illustrated characters from his book and a photograph of the author
100 Years of the American Menu
Henry Voigt believes we are what we eat.
Almanach du comestible, nécessaire aux personnes de bon goût & de bon appétit, Paris, Desnos, 1778-1779
400 Years of French Gastronomy Books to Auction
Christie’s is inviting foodies and collectors to explore four cent
The Cook Not Mad
London Auction Serves Up Early American Cookbook
A collection of antiquarian cookery books heads to auction at Bonhams in London tomorrow, almost all with a British bent.
Handwritten Recipes: A Bookseller's Collection...