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“Cookbooks are the history of an epoch. They show how people prepared and ate the ingredients available to them. Cookbooks provide answers to social, political, and economic questions about the society for which they were written. They are an essential ingredient to preserving our past and enhancing our future.” Julia Child, CCP
Saving Endangered Treasures
“Imagine discovering a rare old cookbook, something you can barely believe you are holding in your hands. It’s a treasure, describing how food was prepared one hundred, two hundred or even five hundred years ago. As you open it, the cover boards separate from the stitched and bound pages. If your treasure was published in the 19th or 20th century on paper with a high acid content, the pages may crumble or be so fragile that they can barely be handled.”
To read the full article by Madge Griswold, CCP, please click here.
Fundraising Events
The Endangered Treasures program, founded in 2002 by KitchenAid, was launched during the IACP’s 24th Annual International Conference in San Diego, California. The four-course dinner, prepared from late 19th- and early 20th-century cookbooks, marked the beginning of a preservation challenge that The Culinary Trust was prepared to embrace.
Endangered Treasures fundraising events are developed around the host city’s regional culinary heritage. Event menus are crafted using historic cookbooks from the region and by using its indigenous fare. A local food historian is identified, in each host city, to select historic recipes and to work with the chef(s) to develop a timeless fine-dining experience. This meal is designed to further the importance of regional contributions to our nation’s richly diverse culinary history.
The funds raised from the dinner events are invested into the Endangered Treasures Library Fund for The Culinary Trust’s cookbook preservation and restoration efforts. Each year The Culinary Trust invites libraries, with significant culinary holdings, to submit an application for the funding necessary to preserve and/or restore historic culinary tomes that are in danger of falling out of circulation.
Cookbook Preservation Grants for Libraries
The Culinary Trust supports a cookbook preservation program, with funds raised from their Endangered Treasures: A Celebration of Cookbook Preservation dinners, that provides special grants to libraries with significant cookbook collections, helping such libraries restore valuable cookbooks that might otherwise be lost to deterioration. This program recognizes that cookbooks - long overlooked as resources for research - are now being seen as important documents for social historians and other writers interested in the everyday life of people.
While there is no deadline for the Endangered Treasures Library Grant program, early submission of the completed application will increase the likelihood of being considered for an award, as the grants are disbursed on a first-come, first-served basis. The grants are not available to individuals. All applicant libraries must provide the title(s) of the cookbook(s), date(s) of publication, significance of the title(s), estimated cost and time of rehabilitating the specified book(s), and the name of the professional conservator who will perform the restoration work.
Want to apply for an Endangered Treasures Library Grant?
2006-2007 Cookbooks Slated for Restoration
The Culinary Trust’s Library Grant Committee has successfully identified the titles listed below for restoration. There is still funding available and we encourage all libraries to submit their application today!
Chicago History Museum – The Culinary Trust will administer a grant to the Chicago History Museum to restore 81 historic menus dating from 1856-1976.
The University of Guelph Library, Ontario - Maria Parola's - Miss Parola's New Cookbook, 1881; American Housewife, 1839; Cook Not Mad, 1831; and Cyder - A Poem, 1708.
The Jane Grigson Library - Bairische Kochin, 1805; Cobbett's Cottage Economy; Careme - Volume 4; Careme - Volume 5.
2005-2006 Cookbooks Slated for Restoration
The Culinary Trust’s Library Grant Committee has already identified several titles at various libraries, domestic and abroad, for restoration. The committee has administered over $28,000 to fund the preservation projects at the below listed libraries.
The New York Academy of Medicine - Apicii - De Re Coquinaria, Marcus Gavius Apicius, 9th Century (This grant was sponsored by Brown-Forman & KitchenAid)
Los Angeles Public Library - The Sacramento Ladies Kitchen Companion, 1872, and El Cuaderno de Guisosos, 1829.
McGill University Library, Montréal - Nouvelle Cuisiniere Canadienne, Fourth Edition, Montreal, 1865, Nouvelle Cuisiniere Candanienne, 2nd Edition Montreal, 185?, Nutt, F. The Complete Confectioner, London, 1809 and Brillant-Savarin. Physiologie du Gout, Paris, 1826.
Michigan State University Library - Domestic Cookery, by Elizabeth Lea, 1869 and Hale, Sarah J. Ladies New Book of Cookery, 1852.
New York Public Library - John Murrel, Murrels Two Bookes of Cookerie and Carving, 1631.
Ohio State University - Opera di M. Bartolomeo Scappi, 1570; Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets, 1699.
St. Louis Public Library - The Pilgrim Housekeeper, St. Louis, 1886, Tyson Rorer, Sarah. World's Fair Souvenir Cook Book. Philadelphia, 1904, "Win the War" cook book. St. Louis, 1918 and The Badenfest cookbook. St. Louis, 1973.
Texas Woman's University - A Collection of Tried Receipts, Ladies of the Presbyterian Church 1899, Cook Book, St. Peter's Guild Episcopal Church, McKinney, TX, 1922, Cook Book, St. Peter's Guild Episcopal Church, McKinney, TX, 1927 and Sweets and Meats, Ladies' Aid Society, San Antonio, 1909.
The Pierpont Morgan Library - Cuoco napoletano. Late 15th-century ms. Cookbook in Italian, Cookery recipes, 15th-century manuscript in Middle English, Platina. De honesta voluptate. Venice, 15 Dec. 1487 and Apicius. De re coquinaria. Milan, 20 Jan. 1498.
The Wing Luke Asian Museum - Chinese and European Cookbook; 300 Easy-to-Make Family-Style Chinese Dishes (Kantan ni Dekiru Katei Ryori Sanbyaku-shu); Guide to Year-Round Homestyle Cooking (Haru, Natsu, Aki, Fuyu: Katei Ryori Daizenshu).
Toronto Reference Library - The cook not mad, or, Rational cookery, 1831; The Frugal Housewife's Manual, 1840; Nouvelle Cuisinière Canadienne. Ed. Rev. [ca 1850-55]; Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, or, Canadian Cookbook, 1881.
2004-2005 Cookbooks Slated for Restoration
The Culinary Trust’s Library Grant Committee has successfully identified the titles listed below and the Trust has administered nearly $5,000 to restore these “Endangered Treasures.”
Clements Library, University of Michigan – “The Jewish Manual,” 1846, Susannah Carter’s, “The Frugal Housewife,” 1803 and John Mollard’s, “The Art of Cookery Made Easy,”1807.
Fant Memorial Library – Mississippi University for Women – “The I.I. & C. Cookbook,” First Edition, 1906 and “The I.I. & C. Cookbook,” Second Edition, 1913.
Michigan State University – Aunt Babette’s, “Aunt Babette’s cook book…,” 1889, Pierre Blot’s, “Hand-book of practical cookery…,” 1867 and Mary Randolph’s, “Virginia housewife…,” 1838.
Historic New Orleans Collection / Williams Research Center – “The Creole Cookery,” 1885.
The Jane Grigson Trust, Oxford Brookes University – Louis Eustache Ude’s, “The French Cook.”
The New York Academy of Medicine Library – “Paris a table,” par Eugene Briffault. Illustre par Bertall, 1846, “Almanach de Franc Buveur pour 1926,” 1926, and “Gepruft und bewahrt; ein
Buch der Hamburger Kuche,” 1910.
Vorhoff Library, Newcomb College Center for Research on
Women – “The Picayune’s Creole Cook Book, “ 1900, “La
Cuisinière Bourgeoise, suivie de l’Office, à l’usage de tous ceux
qui se mêlent de dépenses de maisons…,” 1817.
 Applewood Books Partners with The Culinary Trust!
Founded in 1976, Applewood Books’ mission is to build a picture of America through primary-source materials, to distribute them widely, and to provide a positive experience for all who come in contact with their company.
In 2005, Applewood Books partnered with The Culinary Trust’s Endangered Treasures initiative by offering a 5% donation from the sale of each book identified by The Culinary Trust and republished by Applewood Books.
Applewood Books, at the request of The Culinary Trust, has agreed to republish the following titles:
“The Lone Star Cookbook” (Dallas, 1901)
“The El Paso Cookbook” (El Paso, 1898)
“Gebhardt’s Mexican Cooking: The Flavor of The 20th Century – that Real Mexican Tang” (San Antonio, circa 1908)
“The National Cookery Book” (Philadelphia, 1876)
“Chinese-Japanese Cookbook” (Seattle, 1914)
“Clever Cooking” (Seattle, circa 1900)
“Simple Italian Cookery” (1912)
To order these titles please visit www.awb.com or contact Phil Zuckerman at philz@awb.com.
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