18 books like Menus made easy, or, How to order dinner and give the dishes their French names

What to read after Menus made easy, or, How to order dinner and give the dishes their French names — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Guide culinaire Auguste Escoffier · 1903 · ★ 3.8 · 902p · ≈ 30h · Challenging This record includes reprints of the first American edition. Shares: Menus, French Cooking, Cooking

A Book of Mediterranean Food Elizabeth David · 1950 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Long acknowledged as the inspiration for such modern masters as Julia Child and Claudia Roden, A Book of Mediterranean Food is Elizabeth David's passionate mixture of recipes, culinary lore, and frank talk. In bleak postwar Great Britain, when basics were rationed and fresh food a fantasy, David set about to cheer herself —and her audience— up with dishes from the south of France, Italy, Spain,… Shares: French Cooking, Cooking

The Cooking of South-West France Paula Wolfert · 1983 · ★ 4.0 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Recipes for sauces, soups, salads, appetizers, main dishes, vegetables, and desserts capture the flavor of traditional and contemporary French cooking. Shares: French Cooking, Cooking

Modern French culinary art Henri Paul Pellaprat · 1960 · 1037p · ≈ 34h · Challenging Shares: French Cooking, Cooking

Menus for Entertaining James Beard · 1965 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Recipes for every occasion from barbecues to formal dinner parties. Shares: Menus, Cooking

The Finer Cooking, or Dishes for Parties X. Marcel Boulestin · 1937 · 342p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Shares: Menus, Cooking

Michal Field's Cooking School Michael Field · 1965 · ★ 4.0 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Provides recipes for hors d'oeuvres, soups, entrees, side dishes, casseroles, and desserts. Shares: Menus, Cooking

The Best of Gourmet Gourmet Magazine Editors · 1990 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Scrumptious, healthy, crowd-pleasing recipes for people with diabetes and their loved ones The editors of Diabetic Gourmet Magazine understand that although people with diabetes must carefully monitor their eating habits, they still crave their favorite sweets and savory dishes. Now, with this all-new collection of healthy recipes that are perfect for everyday meals as well as for entertaining,… Shares: Menus, Cooking

Encyclopedia Brown takes the cake! Donald J. Sobol · 1983 · ★ 3.2 · 121p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The ten-year-old detective solves "The Case of the Missing Garlic Bread" and other food-related mysteries. Includes menus and recipes for a Fourth-of-July party, a birthday brunch, and other occasions. Shares: Menus, Cooking

The frugal housewife, or complete woman cook Susannah Carter · 1772 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Demanding The Frugal Housewife, or Complete Woman Cook was the only cookbook published in the United States during the 50-year period before publication of American Cookery by Amelia Simmons—the first truly American cookbook. Originally published in the United Kingdom, Susannah Carter's work was hugely successful, and after achieving best-seller status in that market, it was published for an American… Shares: Menus, Cooking

French Country Cooking (Cookery Library) Elizabeth David · 1951 · ★ 3.0 · 207p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A remarkable book ... food is treated with reverence, with understanding and, above all, with care' - Sunday Times Full of authentic recipes, this richly evocative book describes some of the splendid regional cookery of France. The food of each area has its own particular flavour, derived naturally from local resources. FRENCH COUNTRY COOKING shows the immense diversity of the cuisine through… Shares: French Cooking, Cooking

La cuisinière de la campagne et de la ville, ou, Nouvelle cuisine économique .. L.-E Audot · 1829 · 688p · ≈ 22h · Demanding Shares: French Cooking, Cooking

The lady's assistant for regulating and supplying the table Charlotte Mason · 1775 · 446p · ≈ 14h · Demanding Shares: Menus, Cooking

A new system of domestic cookery Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell · 1807 · 348p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Excerpt: ?As the directions which follow were intended for the conduct of the families of the authoress?s own daughters, and for the arrangement of their table, so as to unite a good figure with proper economy, she has avoided all excessive luxury, such as essence of ham, and that wasteful expenditure of large quantities of meat for gravy, which so greatly contributes to keep up the price, and is… Shares: French Cooking, Cooking

Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners Elizabeth Hiller · 2016 · 114p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Years ago nothing but butter or lard were used for shortening and frying; to-day the visible supply of these two products is insufficient to supply the demand, taking into consideration the amount of butter required for table use. Furthermore, as the demand increased it outgrew the supply of butter and lard, with the result that prices were materially advanced; and, incidentally, the quality has… Shares: Cooking

Weight Watchers Mini Series Weight Watchers · 2015 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate To celebrate the upcoming publication of the Weight Watchers 50th Anniversary Cookbook, we have selected some of the book's most scrumptious, share-able foods for one unbeatably priced e-book: Weight Watchers Party Favorites, the ultimate roundup of bites and drinks for a "Who knew it was healthy?" get-together. This e-book offers exclusive cocktails (like a caipirinha and a twist on a Bellini)… Shares: Cooking

The Supernatural Kids Cookbook Nancy Mehagian · 2011 · 85p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Shares: Cooking

Breakfasts and teas Paul Pierce · 1907 · 88p · ≈ 2h · Challenging The Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions. In appreciation of the many favorable press notices and high editorial comment given to my previous efforts in the compilation of books on suggestions for entertaining and in the publication of my magazine, What To Eat, this book on Breakfasts and Teas, is inscribed. Full well I realize the difficulties under which most Women Editors… Shares: Cooking

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