In any case, his book, to look at, is the most impressive in my library. I have also a graceful quarto, called Juris Evidentiæ Demonstratio in Materia Alimentarum et Sumptuum Litis, by Francesco Maria ...

Ah, that old book smell, the fusted vanilla scent that evokes nostalgic memories of bedtime stories, baked cakes, and childhood dreams. Vintage books are time capsules, a journey into a forgotten past ...

If you live in the South, you love history and you’ve been to a church supper or a family reunion, you need the revised edition of “The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery.” Do you remember the ...

Nick Mancall-Bitel is the editor of the Travel section, oversees regional correspondents across the Eater network, and manages travel-focused sister site, Thrillist. The full title of Mrs. Levy’s book ...

After the Revolution, Americans sought a national identity. American Cookery, the first cookbook written and published in the country, proposed one approach to American cuisine. Photo courtesy of ...

The study of food is the study of a people. When we cook and eat from a shared table, we become a part of and contribute to a cultural history, one meal at a time. Cookbooks tell the stories of ...

“This is ‘The Castelar Creche Cook Book’,” says artist Suzanne Joskow on a recent morning on the porch of her house in Hollywood. Holding the weathered, century-old green hardcover delicately, she ...