John Overholt

Did I buy this to complement the American cookbook collection at the Schlesinger Library and because it has a contemporary female ownership inscription? Yes.

Did I buy it because it calls people who work in food preparation the "Officers of the Mouth"? Also yes.
#NewAcquisition

Dec 3 at 6:27pmWeb
Show threadThomas LobigDec 3
@overholt I hope I'm the only one who finds this picture disturbing. Sorry, nothing wrong with it, just painfully reminds me of something.
Show threadCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠Dec 3
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Show threadAxomamma, Antifa from birthDec 3
@overholt I made chocolate chip cookies today. I hope that enrolls me as an "officer of the mouth."
Show threadVirginicusDec 4
@overholt Shame about the printing flaw in the third letter of “cooks”.
Show threadCurmudgeonDec 4

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Who could resist Pictures curiously Ingraven?

Show threadAxomamma, Antifa from birthDec 4

@overholt Do the helpful hands come with the book?

I've never seen such things. Are they contemporaneous with the book?

Show threadJohn OverholtDec 4
@Axomamma No, I'm reusing the bookseller's photo and I would imagine they're late 19th/early 20th century. We use safer but less striking book snakes (little velvet tubes of weighted pellets) to hold books open.