Alternative Natural Foods Cooperative [handbill]
n.p. the Cooperative, [ca. 1969]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, date penned in corner. Outlines the goals and function of a proposed organic co-op. More
Cat.No: 242715
Food
Aperitivos via Las Madrinas
Visalia, CA: Las Madrinas Guild of the Valley Children's Hospital and Guidance Clinic, 1965. 47p., card covers somewhat spotted, plastic comb binding cracked; pages are reproduced from handwritten text. Text is in English. Cookbook issues to raise money for a local children's hospital. More
Cat.No: 247685
Arabesque
New York: Arab Information Center, n.d. Printed folder with nine brochures and flyers inside, apparently distributed at a public cultural event hosted by the Center. Very good. Brochures and flyers include an introduction to Arab music, a pamphlet taking two chapters from Rom Landau's "Arab heritage of Western civilization," an..... More
Cat.No: 181552
Boycott Lucky's Lucky's is Unfair! Please DO NOT Shop Lucky Stores
Oakland: 1992. Leafet printed on one side, 8.5 x 10 inches, mild wear at corners, leaflet prints a headline from 19 August 1992 Oakland Tribune newspaper announcing that Lucky Markets guilty of "widespread sex discrimination", union bug at bottom. The early 1990s were a rough time for Lucky Markets. There..... More
Cat.No: 172039
The Butcher Workman [five issues]
Chicago: malgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, 1955-1967. Five issues of the slender staplebound magazine, generally very good. Issues present are Jan., April, May 1955, Feb. 1962, and March-April 1967. The earliest issue here includes an article about the absorbtion of the Fur and Leather Workers, noting..... More
Cat.No: 251087
The catering industry employee [ten issues]
Cincinnati: Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance and Bartenders' International League of America, 1944-1958. Ten issues of the slender staplebound journal, generally very good, some with edgewear, two issues more heavily worn with splitting along parts of the spinefold. Issues present are vol. 53 nos. 6 and 12; vol. 54..... More
Cat.No: 252312
The catering industry employee. Vol. 56 no. 9 (Sept. 1957)
Cincinnati: Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance and Bartenders' International League of America, 1957. 40p., slender staplebound journal, very good. Updates from union locals, and discussion of broader issues affecting the industry as a whole. Editorial declares "The commies are in retreat," on reverses in both the AFL and the..... More
Cat.No: 252313
Commemoration du banquet Berthelot 4 avril 1895; Publiee par les soins du Grand College des Rites du Grand Orient de France, Supreme Conseil pour la France e les Possessions francaises
Paris: College des Rites du Grand Orient de France, 1895. Paperback. 82p., letterpress on laid-lined paperstock, sewn signatures mostly unopened (where opened, done neatly) and untrimmed, softbound pamphlet in 7.5x5 inch wraps printed in gold ink on japanese paper vellum. The untrimmed margins protrude a quarter to a half inch..... More
Cat.No: 226962
Constitution and by-laws of the Miscellaneous Culinary Employees' Union Local No. 110 of San Francisco, California
San Francisco: the Union, 1962. 36p., staplebound booklet, amendments pasted in at rear, rear cover stained, a reference copy only. More
Cat.No: 243608
Cooks and Assistants Union / Local 207 / Portland, Ore [dues pin for February 1939]
Portland, OR: Cooks and Assistants Union, 1939. One inch diameter pin, very good. More
Cat.No: 202850
Culture and environment in Thailand: a symposium of the Siam Society
Bangkok: The Siam Society Under Royal Patronage, 1989. xxxiii+558p., illustrated with a few linedrawn figures, brown boards gilt in glossy dj, pencil underlining in some chapters, an otherwise quite fresh-looking copy with a short tear in one jacket flap and a small label. More
Cat.No: 92755
Desert Solidarity: our line in the sand / Support Frontier strikers / Las Vegas, December 5, 1992 [pinback button]
Las Vegas, NV: n.pub. 1992. 2x3 inch rectangular pin, graphic of a picket sign in the desert. Issued in support of the strike by culinary workers and four other unions at the Frontier hotel and casino. The strike continued until 1998, and was ultimately successful. More
Cat.No: 208717
Dharma Realm Vegetarian Cookbook / Sach Nau Chay Phap Gioi
Burliname, CA: Buddhist Text Translation Society, 2018. 253p., very good paperback, color illustrations. Text in English and Vietnamese. More
Cat.No: 240823
Don't arrest the Christmas Spirit [poster]
[Madison, WI-?]: n.d. 11x17 inch poster, neat fold crease and mild toning; asks the reader to bring $2 worth of canned food for the pantry at Charlotte's Web for the chance to see the Rod MacDonald Band, Ron and Ann Holm, Jodi Allis, Motherlode, and Lewis Koche. Poster design is..... More
Cat.No: 241872
An Eastern potpourri: selected gourmet recipes
[San Pablo, CA]: Asian Student Union of Contra Costa College, [197-]. Unpaginated booklet with black plastic comb binding, mildly worn. More
Cat.No: 193613
Eating Defensively - food safety advice for persons with AIDS [brochure]
Washington DC: US Department of Health & Human Services, [1990s]. Eight-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, illustrations, information about food safety, very good on glossy stock. DHHS Publication no. (FDA) 92-2232. More
Cat.No: 251080
El Arroz "Exposicion Agro Pecuaria en Cuba Revolucionaria."
[Cuba]: INRA, Administración General del Arroz, [1962-?]. Four panel brochure, 5.5x8.5 inches, text in Spanish,illustrated with b&w photos, very good. Issued soon after the revolution, with a chart giving statistics for 1958-1961. Rice production in Cuba. More
Cat.No: 210472
El sabor de mi cocina
Sacramento, CA: Campeones del Cambio. Red para una California Saludable (Network for a Healthy California), 2011. 55p., spiralbound wraps, very good, text in Spanish. Colorfully illustrated. Lower-calorie Latino recipes, published as part of a campaign by the state government to improve the health of the community. More
Cat.No: 233860
Estatutos de la Sociedad Cooperativa de Produccion. Union de Cooperativas para la Fabricacion de Pastas para Sopa
Barcelona: Union de Cooperativas para la Fabricacion de Pastas para Sopa, 1920. 15p., stapled wraps, 3.75 x 5.75 inches, wraps and title page stained, pages evenly toned else very good condition. Text in Spanish. More
Cat.No: 250553
Etablissements K.B.O les specialistes de la confiserie de gomme
Paris: KBO, 1921. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, about 30p., coated alkaline paperstock with profuse b&w site photography (factory interiors and machines, close-ups of product), softbound, a pamphlet in 10x7 inch stapled grey wraps, cover decorated in green with embossed black lettering and rulings in blind. Front cover is quite clean, but the..... More
Cat.No: 250603
Extra Bulletin. No. 1 (August 1987)
Chicago: the newsletter, 1987. 4p., 8.5x11 inches, some uneven toning. Loosely affiliated with the Organization for a M-L Workers' Party. Mostly devoted to news on the meatpackers' strike at Hormel, also a prediction that the capitalist system would crash by the end of 1987. More
Cat.No: 199254
Favorite wild rice recipes of Minnesota's North Country
Bemidji, MN: League of Women Voters, 1983. 23p., 5.5x8.5 inches, very good revised and expanded edition. cookbook in stapled tabn pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 169713
Fong Fong Chinese Cookies [label for cookie tin]
San Francisco: Fong Fong Bakery, [196-?]. Approximately 15x5.5 inch pictorial label for cookies made at the Chinatown bakery and ice cream shop that opened in the 1930s. Style appears to be 1960s; phone number has letter prefix GA. More
Cat.No: 202862
Food and population in India. Selections from the periodical press
Honolulu: Institute of Advanced Projects, East-West Center, 1968. Paperback. 51p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches, rubberstamp of the American Academy of Asian Studies. Edges foxed. Occasional papers of research translations, translation series no. 27. More
Cat.No: 127156
Food economy: recipes for left-overs, plain desserts and salads
Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., 1936. 47p., wraps, evenly toned. More
Cat.No: 185098