The International Cook Book

Over three thousand recipes from the man who cooked at Delmonico's — French sauces, Italian pastas, Indian curries and American pies, the whole eating world of 1906 in one volume.

The 1906 Kitchen Converter

Filippini's brigade measured by the gill and the wineglass. In case the knowledge has slipped:

Conversions are approximate — every 19th-century kitchen's teacup was a little different, which is half the charm.