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Family Fare: Food Management and RecipesUnknownUnknown • 1955 • English

Everyday Foods in War Time1918

Mary Swartz Rose

Everyday Foods in War TimeMary Swartz RoseMary Swartz Rose • 1918 • English

Twenty-Five Cent Dinners f...

Juliet Corson

Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of SixJuliet CorsonJuliet Corson • English

The No Breakfast Plan and ...

Edward Hooker De...

The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-CureEdward Hooker DeweyEdward Hooker Dewey • English

A Guide to Health

Mahatma Gandhi

A Guide to HealthMahatma GandhiMahatma Gandhi • English

Food Remedies: Facts About...1908

Florence Daniel

Food Remedies: Facts About Foods and Their Medicinal UsesFlorence DanielFlorence Daniel • 1908 • English

A Handbook of Health

Woods Hutchinson

A Handbook of HealthWoods HutchinsonWoods Hutchinson • English

A Vindication of Natural D...1813

Percy Bysshe She...

A Vindication of Natural Diet.Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe Shelley • 1813 • English

Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the PublicWilliam BantingWilliam Banting • 1864 • English

The Fun of Getting Thin: H...1912

Samuel G. Blythe

The Fun of Getting Thin: How to Be Happy and Reduce the Waist LineSamuel G. BlytheSamuel G. Blythe • 1912 • English

Woman's Institute Library ...1923

Woman's Institut...

Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot BreadsWoman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesWoman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences • 1923 • English

The Chemistry of Food and ...1884

A. W. Duncan

The Chemistry of Food and NutritionA. W. DuncanA. W. Duncan • 1884 • English

Woman's Institute Library ...1917

Woman's Institut...

Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of MealsWoman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesWoman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences • 1917 • English

Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book: N...1920

Mary A. Wilson

Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book: Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic ConditionsMary A. WilsonMary A. Wilson • 1920 • English

The Golden Age Cook Book

Henrietta Latham...

The Golden Age Cook BookHenrietta Latham DwightHenrietta Latham Dwight • English

The Healthy Life Cook Book...

Florence Daniel

The Healthy Life Cook Book, 2d Ed.Florence DanielFlorence Daniel • English

Diet and Health; with Key ...1918

Lulu Hunt Peters

Diet and Health; with Key to the CaloriesLulu Hunt PetersLulu Hunt Peters • 1918 • English

Modern Cookery for Private FamiliesEliza ActonEliza Acton • 1845 • English

No Animal Food; and Nutrit...1910

Rupert H. Wheldon

No Animal Food; and Nutrition and Diet; with Vegetable RecipesRupert H. WheldonRupert H. Wheldon • 1910 • English

Vegetable Diet: As Sanctio...

William A. Alcott

Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages: Including a System of Vegetable CookeryWilliam A. AlcottWilliam A. Alcott • English

The Logic of Vegetarianism: Essays and DialoguesHenry S. SaltHenry S. Salt • 1899 • English

Science in the Kitchen: A ...1892

E. E. Kellogg

Science in the Kitchen: A Scientific Treatise on Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, Together with a Practical Explanation of the Principles of Healthful Cookery, and a Large Number of Original, Palatable, and Wholesome RecipesE. E. KelloggE. E. Kellogg • 1892 • English

The Cook's Oracle; And Hou...

William Kitchiner

The Cook's Oracle; And Housekeeper's ManualWilliam KitchinerWilliam Kitchiner • English

Cassell's Vegetarian Cooke...

A. G. Payne

Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery: A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome DietA. G. PayneA. G. Payne • English

The Starvation Treatment o...1915

Lewis Webb Hill

The Starvation Treatment of DiabetesLewis Webb HillLewis Webb Hill • 1915 • English

Student's Hand-Book of Mus...

Thomas Taylor

Student's Hand-Book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and PoisonousThomas TaylorThomas Taylor • English

Popular Books on Natural S...1869

Aaron David Bern...

Food in War Time

Graham Lusk

Food in War TimeGraham LuskGraham Lusk • English

The Art of Living in Austr...1893

Philip E.,Muskett

The Art of Living in Australia: Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information by Mrs. H. WickenPhilip E.,MuskettPhilip E.,Muskett • 1893 • English

Food for the Traveler: What to Eat and WhyDora C. C. L. RoperDora C. C. L. Roper • English

Woman's Institute Library ...1923

Woman's Institut...

Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; VegetablesWoman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesWoman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences • 1923 • English

Appendicitis: The Etiology...1921

J. H. Tilden

Appendicitis: The Etiology, Hygenic and Dietetic TreatmentJ. H. TildenJ. H. Tilden • 1921 • English

Fletcherism: What It Is; Or, How I Became Young at SixtyHorace FletcherHorace Fletcher • 1913 • English

School and Home Cooking1920

Carlotta C. Greer

School and Home CookingCarlotta C. GreerCarlotta C. Greer • 1920 • English

How to Eat: A Cure for "ne...

Thomas C. Hinkle

How to Eat: A Cure for "nerves"Thomas C. HinkleThomas C. Hinkle • English

Quantity Cookery: Menu Pla...

Lenore Richards

Quantity Cookery: Menu Planning and Cooking for Large NumbersLenore RichardsLenore Richards • English

The Food of the Gods: A Po...1904

Brandon Head

The Food of the Gods: A Popular Account of CocoaBrandon HeadBrandon Head • 1904 • English

The Care and Feeding of Ch...

L. Emmett Holt

The Care and Feeding of Children: A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's NursesL. Emmett HoltL. Emmett Holt • English

The Old Man's Guide to Health and Longer Life: With Rules for Diet, Exercise, and Physic; For Preserving a Good Constitution, and Preventing Disorders in a Bad OneJohn HillJohn Hill • 1750 • English

First Book in Physiology a...

John Harvey Kell...

First Book in Physiology and HygieneJohn Harvey KelloggJohn Harvey Kellogg • English

How to Live: Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern ScienceIrving FisherIrving Fisher • English

Food and HealthLydia E. Pinkham Medicine CompanyLydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company • English

Human Foods and Their Nutr...

Harry Snyder

Human Foods and Their Nutritive ValueHarry SnyderHarry Snyder • English

Foods and Household Management: A Textbook of the Household ArtsHelen KinneHelen Kinne • English

The Tomato

Paul Work

The TomatoPaul WorkPaul Work • English

Maintaining Health (former...

Rasmus Larssen A...

Maintaining Health (formerly Health and Efficiency)Rasmus Larssen AlsakerRasmus Larssen Alsaker • English

The Healthy Life, Vol. V, ...

Various

The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28: The Independent Health MagazineVariousVarious • English

The Art of Invigorating an...1821

William Kitchiner

The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life: By Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, &c. and Peptic Precepts, Pointing Out Agreeable and Effectual Methods to Prevent and Relieve Indigestion, and to Regulate and Strengthen the Action of the Stomach and BowelsWilliam KitchinerWilliam Kitchiner • 1821 • English

The History of Salt: With Observations on Its Geographical Distribution, Geological Formation, and Medicinal and Dietetic PropertiesEvan Marlett,BoddyEvan Marlett,Boddy • 1881 • English

Lowney's Cook Book: Illustrated in ColorsMaria Willett HowardMaria Willett Howard • 1912 • English

Public School Domestic Sci...

Adelaide Hoodless

Public School Domestic ScienceAdelaide HoodlessAdelaide Hoodless • English

The History of a Mouthful ...1870

Jean Macé

The History of a Mouthful of Bread: And Its Effect on the Organization of Men and AnimalsJean MacéJean Macé • 1870 • English

O Vegetarismo E a Moralida...

Jaime de Magalhã...

O Vegetarismo E a Moralidade Das RaçasJaime de Magalhães LimaJaime de Magalhães Lima • Portuguese

Dr. Allinson's Cookery Boo...

T. R. Allinson

Dr. Allinson's Cookery Book, Comprising Many Valuable Vegetarian RecipesT. R. AllinsonT. R. Allinson • English

The Pecan and Its Culture1903

H. Harold Hume

The Pecan and Its CultureH. Harold HumeH. Harold Hume • 1903 • English

Führer Für PilzfreundeEdmund MichaelEdmund Michael • 1896 • German

Dietetics for Nurses

Fairfax T. Prou...

Dietetics for NursesFairfax T. ProudfitFairfax T. Proudfit • English

Directions for Cooking by Troops, in Camp and Hospital: Prepared for the Army of Virginia, and Published by Order of the Surgeon General, with Essays on "Taking Food," and "What Food."Florence NightingaleFlorence Nightingale • 1861 • English

The New Glutton or EpicureHorace FletcherHorace Fletcher • 1903 • English

The Vitamine Manual

Walter Hollis Eddy

The Vitamine ManualWalter Hollis EddyWalter Hollis Eddy • English

Practical Vegetarian CookeryUnknownUnknown • 1897 • English

Substitutes for Flesh Foods: Vegetarian Cook BookEdwin Giles FultonEdwin Giles Fulton • 1904 • English

The Business of Being a Housewife: A Manual to Promote Household Efficiency and EconomyLeona A. MalekLeona A. Malek • 1921 • English

A Comprehensive Guide-Book to Natural, Hygienic and Humane DietSidney Hartnoll BeardSidney Hartnoll Beard • English

Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Tenth Annual Meeting.: Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919UnknownUnknown • English

Health: How to Get It and ...

Walter V. Woods

Health: How to Get It and Keep It.the Hygiene of Dress, Food, Exercise, Rest, Bathing, Breathing, and Ventilation.Walter V. WoodsWalter V. Woods • English

First Lessons in the Principles of CookingLady BarkerLady Barker • 1886 • English

Dishes Made Without MeatC. S., Mrs. PeelC. S., Mrs. Peel • 1907 • English

Florida SaladsFrances Barber HarrisFrances Barber Harris • 1914 • English

Scurvy, Past and Present

Alfred F. Hess

Scurvy, Past and PresentAlfred F. HessAlfred F. Hess • English

The Bacillus of Long Life:...

Loudon M. Douglas

The Bacillus of Long Life: A Manual of the Preparation and Souring of Milk for Dietary Purposes, Together with an Historical Account of the Use of Fermented Milks, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, and Their Wonderful Effect in the Prolonging of Human ExistenceLoudon M. DouglasLoudon M. Douglas • English

Scientific FeedingDora C. C. L. RoperDora C. C. L. Roper • 1914 • English

Food Adulteration and Its Detection: With Photomicrographic Plates and a Bibliographical AppendixJesse P. BattershallJesse P. Battershall • 1887 • English

Hygiene: A Manual of Personal and Public Health (new Edition)Arthur, Sir NewsholmeArthur, Sir Newsholme • 1902 • English

Better Meals for Less Money

Marietta McPhers...

Better Meals for Less MoneyMarietta McPherson GreenoughMarietta McPherson Greenough • English

Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 1Eugene ChristianEugene Christian • 1916 • English

A Handbook of Invalid Cooking: For the Use of Nurses in Training, Nurses in Private Practice, and Others Who Care for the SickMary A. BolandMary A. Boland • 1893 • English

The Feeding of School ChildrenM. E. BulkleyM. E. Bulkley • 1914 • English

The Laurel Health Cookery: A Collection of Practical Suggestions and Recipes for the Preparation of Non-Flesh Foods in Palatable and Attractive WaysEvora Bucknum PerkinsEvora Bucknum Perkins • English

The Eugenic Marriage, Volu...

W. Grant Hague

The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 4 (of 4): A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better BabiesW. Grant HagueW. Grant Hague • English

A Treatise on Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, and ChocolateSimon PaulliSimon Paulli • 1746 • English

Ontario Teachers' Manuals:...

Ontario. Departm...

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural SchoolsOntario. Department of EducationOntario. Department of Education • English

MeeresfischeKurt FloerickeKurt Floericke • German

The A.b.-Z. of Our Own NutritionHorace FletcherHorace Fletcher • 1903 • English

Encyclopedia of Diet: A Tr...1916

Eugene Christian

Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 5Eugene ChristianEugene Christian • 1916 • English

The Food Question: Health and EconomyVariousVarious • 1917 • English

Deadly Adulteration and Slow Poisoning Unmaskeddisease and Death in the Pot and BottleAnonymousAnonymous • English

Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896VariousVarious • English

The Ugly-Girl Papers: Or, Hints for the ToiletS. D. PowerS. D. Power • 1874 • English

What to Eat and WhenSusanna CocroftSusanna Cocroft • 1916 • English

Valere Aude (dare to Be He...

Louis Dechmann

Valere Aude (dare to Be Healthy): Or, the Light of Physical RegenerationLouis DechmannLouis Dechmann • English

The Nutrition of ManR. H. ChittendenR. H. Chittenden • 1907 • English

A Handbook of Fish Cookery: How to Buy, Dress, Cook, and Eat FishLucy H. YatesLucy H. Yates • 1897 • English

The Stock-Feeder's Manualt...

Charles Alexande...

The Stock-Feeder's Manualthe Chemistry of Food in Relation to the Breeding and Feeding of Live StockCharles Alexander, Sir CameronCharles Alexander, Sir Cameron • English

Respiration Calorimeters f...1910

Francis Gano Ben...

Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of ManFrancis Gano BenedictFrancis Gano Benedict • 1910 • English

Physiological Economy in Nutrition, with Special Reference to the Minimal Proteid Requirement of the Healthy Manan Experimental StudyR. H. ChittendenR. H. Chittenden • 1904 • English

The Physiology of Digestion Considered with Relation to the Principles of DieteticsAndrew CombeAndrew Combe • 1836 • English

A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England: Containing an Account of Their Classical History, Uses, Characters, Development, Structure, Nutritious Properties, Modes of Cooking and Preserving, Etc.David BadhamDavid Badham • 1863 • English

Humanitarian Philosophy, 4th EditionEmil Edward KuselEmil Edward Kusel • 1912 • English

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Scientific American Supple...

Various

Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881VariousVarious • English

101

Better Babies and Their CareAnna Steese RichardsonAnna Steese Richardson • 1914 • English

102

Foods; Nutrition and DigestionSusanna CocroftSusanna Cocroft • 1912 • English

103

A Treatise of Cleanness in...

Thomas Tryon

A Treatise of Cleanness in Meats and Drinks, of the Preparation of Food,the Excellency of Good Airs, and the Benefits of Clean Sweet Beds. Also of the Generation of Bugs, and Their Cure. to Which Is Added, a Short Discourse of the Pain in the Teeth, Shewing What Cause It Does Chiefly Proceed, and Also How to Prevent It.Thomas TryonThomas Tryon • English

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Obesity, or Excessive Corpulence: The Various Causes and the Rational Means of CureJ.-F. DancelJ.-F. Dancel • 1865 • English

105

Cheese and Its Economical Uses in the DietC. F. LangworthyC. F. Langworthy • 1940 • English

106

The White Spark: A New Book, Giving Out a New Philosophy and the Mysteries of the Universe. the Handbook of the Millennium and the New DispensationOrville Livingston LeachOrville Livingston Leach • English

107

The Frugal Life: A ParadoxOrtensio LandiOrtensio Landi • English

108

Children Well and Happy: A Manual for the Girl's Health LeagueMay Dickinson KimballMay Dickinson Kimball • 1918 • English

109

Let's Use Soybeans1986

University of Il...

Let's Use SoybeansUniversity of Illinois . Extension Service in Agriculture and Home EconomicsUniversity of Illinois . Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics • 1986 • English

110

A Treatise on Foreign Teas...1796

Hugh Smith

A Treatise on Foreign Teasabstracted from an Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled an Essay on the NervesHugh SmithHugh Smith • 1796 • English

111

Encyclopedia of Diet: A Tr...1916

Eugene Christian

Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 3Eugene ChristianEugene Christian • 1916 • English

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On the Improved Beet Root, as Winter Food for CattlePinder SimpsonPinder Simpson • English

113

Reform Cookery Book (4th E...

Mrs. Mill

Reform Cookery Book (4th Edition): Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century.Mrs. MillMrs. Mill • English

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Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 4Eugene ChristianEugene Christian • 1916 • English

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Food and Morals6th EditionJ. F. ClymerJ. F. Clymer • English

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Mémoire Sur Les Avantages ...1771

Antoine Poissonn...

Mémoire Sur Les Avantages Qu'il Y Auroit À Changer Absolument La Nourriture Des Gens De MerAntoine Poissonnier-DesperrièresAntoine Poissonnier-Desperrières • 1771 • French

117

Suomalaisen Talonpojan Kot...1839

Elias Lönnrot

Suomalaisen Talonpojan Koti-LääkäriElias LönnrotElias Lönnrot • 1839 • Finnish

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Memoria Sobre as Diversas ...

Clemente Ferreir...

Memoria Sobre as Diversas Salgas Da Sardinhacom O Methodo De Aproveitar as Enxovas, E Sobre a Salga Dos Peixes Grossos, Como Atum, Corvinas, Pescadas, Gorazes, Ruivos, E Outros Semelhantes EtcClemente Ferreira FrançaClemente Ferreira França • Portuguese

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Encyclopedia of Diet: A Tr...1916

Eugene Christian

Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 2Eugene ChristianEugene Christian • 1916 • English

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Dolæus Upon the Cure of the Gout by Milk-Diet: To Which Is Prefixed, an Essay Upon DietJohann DoläusJohann Doläus • 1876 • English

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Visser's Nederlandsch-Indisch Vegetarisch KookboekJ. M. J. Catenius-van der MeijdenJ. M. J. Catenius-van der Meijden • 1911 • Dutch

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De Vegetarische Keukenkook...

E. M. Valk-Heijn...

De Vegetarische Keukenkookboek Van Den Nederlandschen VegetariërsbondE. M. Valk-HeijnsdijkE. M. Valk-Heijnsdijk • Dutch

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L'anatra: Allevamento Per La Produzione Della CarneCarlo Alberto GoninCarlo Alberto Gonin • Italian

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