Throwback treats: Recipes of Yesteryear

Updated September 15, 2025
P
Palos Verdes Library District
Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
Cook's illustrated baking book : baking demystified with 450 foolproof recipes from America's most trusted food magazine
Paper Book
The popular all-in-one baking book is now in full color!  Now you can find it all at your fingertips--450+ definitive recipes for all your favorite cookies, cakes, pies, tarts, breads, pizza, and more, along with kitchen-tested techniques that will transform your baking....
Baking yesteryear : the best recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
Hollis, B. Dylan
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A decade-by-decade cookbook that highlights the best (and a few of the worst) baking recipes from the 20th century Friends of baking, are you sick and tired of making the same recipes again and again? Then look no further...
Vintage cakes : timeless recipes for cupcakes, flips, rolls, layer, angel, bundt, chiffon, and icebox cakes for today's sweet tooth
Richardson, Julie
Paper Book
A charming collection of updated recipes for both classic and forgotten cakes, from a timeless yellow birthday cake with chocolatebuttercream frosting, to the new holiday standard, Gingerbread Icebox Cake with Mascarpone Mousse, written by a master baker and coauthor ofRustic FruitDesserts...
A history of food in 100 recipes
Sitwell, William
Paper Book
A riveting narrative history of food as seen through 100 recipes, from ancient Egyptian bread to modernist cuisine. We all love to eat, and most people have a favorite ingredient or dish. But how many of us know where our much-loved recipes come from, who invented them, and...

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.