Do you have a recipe written in another language that you would like translated into English?

If so, we are now offering a new service that we are very excited about. For a fee, we can translate recipes written in either Spanish, French or German into English.

For more information on this, please send us an email at inquiry@thecookbookery.com and let us know what you need. Most translation services can be completed the same day.

While listing cookbooks today, we came across an old Baker’s Coconut cookbook from 1926. Inside this cookbook was a letter neatly folded inside from Franklin Baker … it is so fascinating to read that we thought we would share it with all of you.

Dear Lady,

I am hoping you will find our book of Baker’s Coconut Recipes that most inspiring collection of Poems that has ever graced your kitchen library.

What’s Keats or Kipling compared to Ambrosia Southern Style on Page 9? And what’s Eddie Giresh or Bobbie Burns, even, compared to Tropical Gingerbread on Page 5?

I can’t think of any more poetic sight than a girl .. be she sixteen or sixty … stirring up a Delightful Dessert in her own sunny kitchen with, I hope, geraniums at the windows.

Yours for a Coconut treat,
Franklin Baker

We do accept cookbook donations and for the next three months, 50% of all profit on donated books will be sent to the American Red Cross for Haiti Relief and Development.

It is easy to donate. Box the cookbooks up and give us a total weight. We will then send you a prepaid postage label. As the books are sold, 50% of the profit will go directly to the Red Cross.

Ready to donate? Click here to get started and thank you for your help!

The 20% promotion off has ended. Please watch for the next promotional discount coming soon.

We get email daily requesting for us to purchase old cookbooks. We cannot purchase everyone’s cookbooks for a variety of reasons such as the condition, the type of cookbook, etc. And.. most of all, we cannot purchase cookbooks without knowing exactly what the collection is.

We have added a page to give everyone more information on what we are looking for, and different options available for people that want/need to relinquish some cookbooks.

You can review all of the options by visiting our Cookbook Acquisitions page, just click here.

Patricia Lowry of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette wrote an article entitled “Classic, and campy, recipes help revive interest in vintage cookbooks” mentioning our store. Click here to read the full story.

We just came across several vintage Italian cookbooks that we will be listing soon. If you are looking for one specifically, please let us know. If we have it, we will contact you before the book is listed.

We uploaded about 100 cookbooks this morning, some of them include:

The Bakery Restaurant Cookbook, The Outdoor Cookbook, Hawaiian and Pacific Foods, Modern Vegetarian Cookery, Cake Wrecks, Stella Chan’s Secrets in the Art of Chinese Cooking, and A Bon Vivant’s Cookbook.

If you click on the link and the page is not found, it means the cookbook has already been sold.

We are now accepting PayPal as an additional payment option. If you have encounter any problems at all with the checkout process, please let us know immediately so it can be corrected. Thank you!

We have changed the domestic shipping rates to flat charges. The first book you order is $2.99 and each additional book is a flat rate of .50.

We think it makes it a little easier for everyone to figure out how much they are spending on shipping. Also, remember that if you spend $25 or more your shipping is always free.

If you would like to have books shipped internationally, please send us an email to see what is the best way to have your books sent to you. Sometimes it is cheaper to send books internationally in a flat rate priority mail box.