Where can i find resources to collecting old cookbooks and books in the culinaires world by famous people past and present?On-line or by mail??

Hi, Nicko - I'm way new to the site (love it!), how do I get to the culinary history section?!? Thanks!

[Nicko]

Welcome MareyO, glad to have you. Just click on the following link:
http://www.cheftalk.com/HTML/History.html

Thanks, Nicko. What a terrific article. I kick myself on a semi-regular basis for not picking up an original edition of Hannah Glasse's book the last time I was in London. It's really remarkable to think about how food has influenced culture; a friend of mine in Massachusetts has been working on putting together an exhibit at the Peabody Museum on how world cuisine would look without foods that were native to the Americas. Italian food would have no tomatoes, there wouldn't be any white potatoes and we'd have no corn products. Lordy, no lasagna, no Irish potato famine and what would we thicken clear sauces with? It's really amazing when you think about it. See, I knew it all along - people who love food and cook well are the keys to the universe and world peace!

[Nicko]

Chefsoon you couldn't of asked a more timely question. We have just posted a new article on ChefTalk in the Culinary History section called Everything you ever wanted to know about culinary history but never had the time to find out.. The article is by Andrew F. Smith and it includes a comprehensive resource guide for finding historical culinary books as well as monthly publications. This is a long article, and the resource guide is on the last page. Here is the link to the article:
http://www.cheftalk.com/HTML/History.html



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Thanks,

Nicko
nicko@cheftalk.com

[Jim]

Check out www.foodwords.com. It is NOT a fancy site, but Johann has a GREAT collection. The best part of orering from him, is you get his catalog. His does a vignette on most of his titles... and they are a riot!! Johann is extremely knowledgable and a pleasure to deal with. I found a cook book that I was scouring the planet for in his collection... and he didn't gouge me!
He doesn't sell new books, so there isn't any competition w/the web's best source of NEW cookbooks.... www.cheftalkstore.com.

[m brown]

Bonnie Slotnic in NYC, she has everything. Cook Book Maven! I think you can find her at epicourious.com too.
e-mail her at: bonnie_slotnick@rebus.com

[UniChef]

EBay has a lot of old cookbooks.

Kelm Scott books in Baltimore has an excellent web-site with access to a lot of books that they can obtain. They also have an excellent reputation, and you would never have to worry about dealing with them.

The book that got me started reading about cooking was a 1970's-vintage Cooks' Cataloge that I found in a used book store. I had so much fun reading about all the cool gadgets and the historical sidelights that I started looking for other nifty books on the subject. (Also, I had never heard of James Beard at the time.)
Although I am not in a position to COOK yet, one day soon I'll actually get to try my hand again, and I've collected quite a few really super books.
I also discovered ChefTalk in pursuit of LEARNING!
This site is great. I have gained a tremendous respect for the job you do.

[KyleW]

Kitchen Arts & Letters
1435 Lexington Avenue
ph: 212-876-5550

This place is on the Upper Eastside of Manahattan. I think they may have every cookbook ever published!

Here is a blurb from citysearch: http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile?id=7200982

[This message has been edited by KyleW (edited 12-20-2000).]