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Diego Velazquez (1599-1660). Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618Diego Velazquez (1599-1660). Spanish Baroque painter. The Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
A selection of copper border and jelly moulds
Old Gypsy Man & Pet DogAt an encampment in Surrey an old Gypsy man sits on a can close to the fire
Irish CottageIrish cottage, Achill Island
Primus StoveTHE PRIMUS STOVE North, South, East or West Primus is best
A selection of jelly and cake moulds
Poster, The Vegetabull, a vegetable dish made with dried eggs or household milk is as good as a joint (post-WW2 rationing was still going on at this time). 1947
Group photo, Claridges Hotel kitchen staff, Mayfair, London W1. Date: 1908
Buzzini Building, New YorkBuilding, Walter J. Buzzini, 505 West 21st Street. View from above and across the street of Walter J. Buzzin, Inc. manufacturers of cooking utensils at 505 West 21st Street; many signs on building, in
Joy of Perfect CookingThe Joys of Perfect Cooking promises delicious food for the home. Woman, women, kitchen, advert advertising, advertisement
Chef Strirring ItA chef stirring a large bowl with a huge spatula. Date: early 1930s
WW2 - Chef cooking in a bombed-out street - Blitz, LondonWW2 - His restaurant and kitchen destroyed by German bombing, a Chef continues to cook al fresco in a bombed-out street - Blitz, London. Date: circa 1941
Policeman talk to Gypsies on Epsom DownsTwo Policeman talk to a Gypsy family by their caravan and wagon on Epsom Downs Date: circa 1920s
Economics a la Heath RobinsonDo not scrap your disused lighting, heating, or cooking apparatus; they can be easily adapted to other requirements
Possession is nine points of the law by Louis WainIllustration by Louis Wain showing a cat occupying a cast-off saucepan or cooking pot during snowy weather. A selection of birds, including a magpie and a blue tit bemusedly face the cat
Latest 1950S KitchenWoman enjoys cooking in her new kitchen fitted with all the latest mod-cons
1960S KitchenA classic kitchen, with a dresser, folding table, gas cooker with whistle kettle, trendy floor tiles and various types of kitchenalia
Cover for Brochure advertising Triplex Grates / RangesA cook proudly produces a loaf - another successful piece of cooking using her Triplex Garte / Range. Date: circa 1927
Can Openers, Skewers EtcCan openers, sharpening steels, cutlet bats/beaters, larding pins, trussing needles, hatchet, skewers and steak tongs
Don t Waste Bread WwiPoster advising the public to eat less bread, and save two thick slices a day to defeat the U-boats during WWI. Thats a dangerous way to cut bread!
Primus Stove 1932The Primus stove is an indispensable item in any campers equipment, burning paraffin gas without a wick, pumped by hand and extremely efficient
1940S Housewife CookingA housewife cooks on a simple stove in a bare and austere kitchen, adding milk to the pan she is stirring
18th C French KitchenSeveral cooks work in a French kitchen to prepare and bake pies and pastry, a hare and a bird pie of some kind, perhaps pigeon
Christmas Cookery C1905Preparing the Christmas dinner for all the family, not forgetting the kitten and the Household Gnome
Puff Pastry RecipiesA woman makes various things out of puff pastry
International baking powder. Manufactured by Queen City Chemical Co. Buffalo, N.Y. Advertisement for International brand baking powder, showing a cat awakened by bread rising. Date c1885
Poster advertising Pettijohns breakfast food, showing Red Riding Hood -- or is it Goldilocks? -- and a family of bears sharing an outdoor breakfast together in the woods
Raleigh / Potatoes / IrelandSIR WALTER RALEIGH English navigator supervising the first planting of potatoes in Ireland
Older Woman Baking 1947An older woman wearing a flowery apron rolls out pastry for some home baking
Meat Mincer 1889The Enterprise meat chopper, or mincer, is apparently the best in the world
Deep-Fat FryerAn oval shaped deep-fat fryer with removable basket for frying fish and chips, or perhaps I should say pomme frites as it is French
Arriving home to SupperA couple arrive home to find their supper is ready in the Patent Triplex Grate
Kazakh yurt in cross section, KazakhstanKazakh yurt in cross section with ornaments. A cauldron for cooking is in the middle, with storage chests, furniture, crockery and kitchenware. 20th century
Alice in Wonderland, Duchess, cook and babyAlice in Wonderland, Alice meets the Duchess, her cook and a screaming baby. Date: early 20th century
Advertisement for Viota "Afternoon Tea"cake mixtureAdvertisement for Viota " Afternoon Tea" cake mixture, one packet makes 18 of the most delicious home-made cakes in the world. Date: 1924
Page of Victorian adverts - 1890Various adverts for The Graphic, May 1890. May 1890
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Late XIV century. Women making a crown wTacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing
John Laverick, SBS on Crete during Operation Albumen - WWIIJohn Laverick, SBS and famed cook!) preparing a meal on Crete during Operation Albumen
1930s woman cooking in her kitchenA woman stands at a kitchen pantry or dresser trying out new recipes. Attached to the work service is a hand operated meat mincer. Date: c.1930
Advert for English Rose kitchens 1952Young housewife cooking in her new English Rose fitted kitchen. Comes with a cause of softglow worktop colours, scarlet red, steel blue and amulet green. Date: 1952
Brochure advertising Triplex Grates / RangesA cook proudly produces a loaf - another successful piece of cooking using her Triplex Garte / Range. Home made with Triplex! Date: circa 1920s
Advert for Main Mainstat gas cookers 1938Providing ample accommodation for all the food and untensils required in cooking for a family of 6 to 8
Lin-Can advertisement, 1953Advertisement for Lin-Can tinned fruits and vegetables manufactured by Lincolnshire Canners of Boston, Lincolnshire
Woman Cooking 1960SA woman in an apron holds a saucepan ready over the hob as she turns it on
Typhoid MaryMARY MALLON, (1869-1938) known as Typhoid Mary; though herself healthy, she is a carrier of typhoid and, employed as a cook, infects 22, one of whom dies
Japanese Woman CookingA young Japanese housewife cooking the family meal in her well-equipped kitchen. Chopsticks will be used for eating and the rice will be served in wooden cases. Date: 1930s
Copper MouldsCopper jelly and cream moulds - the more elaborate cost as much as 18 shillings, a great deal of money in those days, 30 or more in year 2000 term"
Street Market Food, Fine Sausages Date: 18th century
Wheel worked by dog - turning roasting spit, CarmarthenshireWheel worked by a dog for turning the roasting spit - used until the end of the first quarter of the 19th century. This example was the property of the late Sir John Williams, Bart
French street trader selling hot roasted chestnuts 1908Parisienne woman holding out a small bag to receive some hot roasted chestnuts from a street trader. Date: 1908
Gallaghers Steak House, New York City, USAView of the Bar in Gallaghers Steak House, West 52nd Street, New York City, USA. Famous for steaks broiled over hickory logs, private dining room available for beefsteak parties. Date: circa 1930s
Interior of a jacal (shack). 1853. Oil. MEXICO
Racing Illustrated - Putting on the Stakes A jolly French Chef working in a large restaurant kitchen puts an order of beef steaks under the grill. One could say this card was medium rare
Alice & the DuchessAlice with the duchess in the chaotic kitchen Date: First published: 1865
Baking Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl kneads some dough, while a little boy tastes some freshly baked pastry
Canada - Ojibwa Girl cleaning the catchThe Ojibwa is the largest group of Native American peoples north of Mexico. They are equally divided between the United States and Canada
Seminole Indians - USA, Florida, EvergladesThe Everglades, Florida, USA. Seminole Indians on the Tamiami Trail. The Kitchen of Chesnut Billys Indian Camp. The Tamiami Trail was opened in 1928
Alexis Soyer CookingALEXIS SOYER noted chef and authority on gastronomy, seen cooking amid the ruins of the Parthenon at Athens en route to the Crimea
Cookery Magazine 1917A wartime issue of this popular cookery magazine - Splendid Flour Substitute recipes, Making the meat go round, the sugar shortage, How to save bread
Man in the Kitchen C1905Letting your husband loose in the kitchen can be very risky; here, a pot boils over, eggshells litter the floor, and the cat laps spilt milk
CREPE PANA flat-bottomed, shallow frying pan made for cooking crepes or pancakes to perfection
Snow White and the Seven DwarfsSnow White makes herself useful in the home of the Seven Dwarfs
Group photo, Carlton Hotel kitchen staff, London, posing on the hotel roof in November 1908. Date: 1908
Paper bag design, c. 1890Paper bag design from the late nineteenth century for Albert Smith, Baker, Confectioner and Corn Factor, of Derby Road, Nottingham, featuring a rather lovely border showing various crops
Trainee Chefs 1930STwo student chefs at the Gordon Fellowes School of Domestic Service. Date: early 1930s
Geese unhappy at the arrival of MichaelmasA gaggle of geese are unhappy to read a notice that the season of Michaelmas has begun. Eating goose at Michaelmas was thought to bring good luck, but that did not apply to geese
Starry Gazey Pie, Mousehole, CornwallA mouthwatering example of a Starry Gazey Pie, served up on Tom Bawcocks Eve (23 December) at Mousehole in Cornwall
Lemon Squeezer 1889A lemon squeezer manufactured by Merritt & Chambers of Birmingham
Silhouette, To Have a Finger in the PieTo Have a Finger in the Pie -- silhouette of a man in a tall hat (probably a chef) tasting a pie
Poster advertising National Savings (the best British recipe for prosperity), with six recipes from one of the first television chefs, Philip Harben (1906-1970). circa 1940s
Making Jam C19Making jam Date: mid 19th century
A selection of assorted pastry cutters
Karo Syrup AdvertWhy do thousands of women say that wherever there is Karo, there is good cooking - and a real pride in the family table?
Jolly Plump Cook 1640A jolly, plump cook (surrounded by poultry and other meats) proudly holds up a freshly made pie, decorated with a feather
Kenwood Mixer C1950SA Kenwood mixer
Hugging Couple / KitchenAn elegant young couple in the kitchen: she cooks crepes, he whispers sweet-nothings into her ear
Cooking Crepes 1911A French family watch mama toss crepes in a pan by the fire
Shes Baked a PieShe has baked a pie in her Servall grate - 63, 000 sold since 1920 !
Girl Peels Potatoes 1878A little girl sits in the kitchen peeling potatoes, while the cat watches her
Tin Cooking MouldsTin Moulds for Sweets and Savouries
Peter & Paul FortressA view of the town and habour of St Peter and St Paul, in Kamtschatka. Probably the Peter & Paul Fortress in the Neva delta which was used as a political prison
Cooking from a Book - 2Add half a cup-full of chopped onions
Lady Cook & Boars HeadThe cook bears in the Boars Head
Pioneer settlers outside their log cabin. A woman cooks over a fire, watched by two children