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The Corona Club of San Francisco published this cookbook in 1910 to raise funds for the construction of a club house.

This 1916 cookbook was published by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Grandview Congregational Church of Grandview, Ohio. In addition to recipes, it contains a short, humorous essay on "How to Preserve a Husband."

Compiled and published in 1918 by E.F. Kiessling & Son, Oakland, California, this advertising cookbook was presented free to brides and grooms.

This 1910 volume was compiled by the Ladies' Aid Society of the First Baptist Church in Whittier, California.

Rebecca Upton's 1856 reference book is a dictionary of common culinary, gardening, and domestic terms.

Thomas Jefferson Murrey's 1884 work provides recipes for the soups that were popular at the time, with directions on how to prepare basic stocks and then build on those stocks to create a range of soups, from simple to elegant.

A collection of both basic and compound sauces, Charles Senn's book, published in 1915, is a complete reference for both the professional and amateur chef.

Bertha Haffner-Ginger's 1914 cookbook is a delightful collection of Mexican recipes. As she notes in her introduction, "the majority of Spanish people in California are as devoted to peppery dishes as the Mexicans themselves, and as the Mexicans speak Spanish, the foods are commonly called Spanish dishes."

This 1904 cookbook is comprised of recipes collected for the benefit of the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association of San Francisco, California.

With simple recipes that are accessible to even the most inexperienced cook, Amy Handy's 1918 work instructs homemakers in baking their own breads and cakes.

Robert Buchanan and Nicholas Longworth's 1855 work describes the growing and processing of grapes for the purposes of making wine.

Peter Mead's 1867 work is a basic introduction to American grape growing and wine making.

This 1913 work is a comprehensive collection of dessert recipes collected from famous chefs of America, Canada, and Europe.

With recipes attributed to their contributors, this cookbook was created by and in support of the Hanover Library Association of Hanover, Pennsylvania in 1922.

The recipes for this cookbook were compiled by the Ladies of Saint Anselm's Church in San Anselmo, California in 1908.

The recipes in this 1914 volume were compiled from recipes of the members of The Twentieth Century Club of Berkeley, California.

Whether it concerns brewing beer, making bread, or keeping bees, William Cobbett's work, originally published in 1821, is still an inspiring guide for anyone seeking to become self-sufficient.

Published in 1869, this important work by the Beecher sisters is remarkable both for its philosophy and its practicality. The work presupposes a servantless home, teaching the homemaker of the day basic skills and providing "up-to-date" information on every aspect of home management.

The recipes in this 1892 volume were compiled from lessons given by Mrs. Hinckley at the School of Cookery in San Francisco. The book is designed to allow anyone interested in learning to cook at home to progress from simple to more complicated recipes.

A "plea for 'the simple life' in a sensible way," Carlotta Lake's 1911 work aimed at providing simple, wholesome recipes and hints for household management, so that the "young housewife" has time for the "so-called recreations of life" without sacrificing herself to drudgery or the need to plan and create elaborate meals.

Taking as its motto "A Good Cook Never Wastes," Juliet Corson's 1877 work is intended to help home cooks provide wholesome, delicious dishes to their families at the least possible cost.

This 1913 cookbook describes the methods for making and using fireless cookers and insulated boxes. As an aid in their use, the book also provides tested original and adapted recipes from famous cookbooks of the day.

Ellen Johnson collected the recipes in her 1889 volume from manuscript sources and published them for the benefit of St. Peter's-in-the-Mount of Holderness, New Hampshire.

This 1909 cookbook is a collection of recipes from the members of the Woman's Club of San Mateo, California.

This early twentieth-century volume is comprised of recipes collected by the Chicago Evening American from more than 13,000 housewives.

The recipes in this 1920s volume were edited and compiled by the members of the Order of the Eastern Star of Sacramento, California for the benefit of the organization's building fund.

Dr. Issac Abt sought to publish in a convenient form the instructions he had been giving mothers and other caregivers on the preparation of food for infants and young children. His 1917 work collects recipes of "commonly employed foods" which he deemed to be beneficial to children.

Coming at the end of World War I and food rationing, Farmer and Huntington's work was designed to teach students of the day about food conservation in order that they might do their part to ensure a sufficient supply of food to America and the world.

Alfred McCann's 1913 book was a call to arms against the "processed, bleached, colored, de-natured, de-germinated, de-mineralized, chemically treated" foods that "now menace the health and life of America." This book, published nearly a century ago, outlines many of the concerns that have given rise to today's Slow Food Movement.

This 1915 autobiographical work by Joseph Francis depicts his struggles with alcohol and how he came to embrace temperance.