1890-1909

This collection includes works related to vegetarianism and meatless cooking published in the United States between 1890 and 1909.

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Good Food, How to Prepare it

George E. Cornforth

The principles of cooking, and nearly five hundred carefully selected recipes. Focuses on the healthful preparation of food so that it will be wholesome and savory. Digitized by Google from the New York Public Library. Full text available at Google Books.
Sun Cooked Food

Eugene Christian

A treatise on how to get the highest form of human energy from food. A book written in response to the health issues of the day. Digitized by the Internet Archive from the Library of Congress. Full text available at Hathitrust.
What Yogurt Has Done for Others Yogurt Can Do for YOU!

Good Health Publishing Company

Book discussing the benefits of yogurt tablets. Includes information on the scientific research on the benefits of the "friendly germs" contained in the tablets as well as instructions on how to prepare yogurt buttermilk using the tablets.
Mazdaznan encyclopedia of dietetics and home cook book

Masdaznan Religion

Cooked and uncooked foods. What to eat and how to eat it. Digitized by the Internet Archive from the Library of Congress. Available at Hathitrust.
Mrs. Rorer's vegetable cookery and meat substitutes

S T. Rorer

Vegetables with meat value to take the place of meat. How to cook three meals a day without meat and the best way of blending eggs, milk, and vegetables. Digitized by Google from Harvard University. Full text available at Hathitrust.
Healthful Living: An Account of the Battle Creek Diet System

Kellogg Food Company

Book published by the Kellogg Food Company promoting a vegetarian lifestyle. Discusses the effects of a plant-based diet versus a meat-inclusive one, as well as other food-related health concerns. Includes a catalog of food products sold by Kellogg.
The Battle Creek Sanitarium System: History, Organization, Methods

John Harvey Kellogg

A brochure explaining and describing the history and culture of the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Digitized by Google from the Library Leland Stanford Junior University. Full text available at the Internet Archive.
Home and Health

Committee

A household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitary laws; the preservation of health by clean, consistent living; and the home treatment of the more simple ailments and diseases by the use of natural, rational remedies instead of drugs. Full text digitized and available from the McKee Library collection.
Meat Substitutes

Isabel Goodhue

A book about all options when it comes to substituting meat. Economical options for families. Digitized by Google from University of California Berkeley. Full text available at Google Books.
Practical naturopathic-vegetarian cook book: cooked and uncooked foods

Louise Lust

A scientific take on vegetarian diet. Digitized by the Oregon Health & Science University from the Immunology and Infectious Disease Commons, now unavailable on the website. PDF download available.
Unpolished Rice: The Staple Food of the Orient

Henry S. Clubb

A lecture to the Vegetarian society of America to which is added over one hundred receipts for cooking rice products and testimonials of eminent food reformers. Digitized by the Sloan Foundation from the Library of Congress. Full text available at the Internet Archive.
Shall We Slay to Eat

John Harvey Kellogg

An argument for the halt of the use of animal food and arguing for a healthier way of life. Digitized by Google from the John Crerar Library. Available at Google Books.
The Vegetarian Magazine September 1905

The Vegetarian Magazine and Blanche Mayes Elfrink

Periodical discussing the vegetarian lifestyle and recipes. Includes the regular column "The Dining Room." Recipes include olive cream salad dressing, vegetable salad, uncooked prune butter, nut butter, and uncooked bread.
The Vegetarian Magazine May 1905

The Vegetarian Magazine, W. E. Elfrink, and Jessie S. Pettit-Flint

Periodical discussing the vegetarian lifestyle and recipes. Includes article entitle "What is Food?" discussing the best foods to eat when ill. Recipes include rice gruel, frothed eggs, plum porridge, and arrowroot gruel.
The Vegetarian Magazine April 1905

The Vegetarian Magazine and Jessie S. Pettit Flint

Periodical discussing the vegetarian lifestyle and recipes. Includes the regular column "The Dining Room." Recipes include corn meal mush, peanut butter, hominy omelet, and chocolate and hominy pudding.
The Vegetarian Magazine August 1905

The Vegetarian Magazine and Jessie S. Pettit Flint

Periodical discussing the vegetarian lifestyle and recipes. Includes the regular column "The Dining Room." Recipes center around apples and include shortcake, potpie, omelets, batter pudding, sago, and baked apples.
The Vegetarian Magazine February 1905

The Vegetarian Magazine and Jessie S. Pettit Flint

Periodical discussing the vegetarian lifestyle and recipes. Includes the regular column "The Dining Room." Recipes include crisped potatoes, parsnip patties, corn meal gems, and unleavened corn cakes.
The Vegetarian Magazine January 1905

The Vegetarian Magazine and Jessie S. Pettit Flint

Periodical discussing the vegetarian lifestyle and recipes. Includes the regular column "The Dining Room." Recipes include puffs, whole wheat gems, corn mush puffs, corn mush gems, and corn meal mush.
The Vegetarian Magazine July 1905

The Vegetarian Magazine and Jessie S. Pettit Flint

Periodical discussing the vegetarian lifestyle and recipes. Includes the regular column "The Dining Room." Recipes include golden salad dressing, almond salad, tomato mayonnaise, lima bean salad, and cream salad dressing.
The Vegetarian Magazine March 1905

The Vegetarian Magazine and Jessie S. Pettit Flint

Periodical discussing the vegetarian lifestyle and recipes. Includes the regular column "The Dining Room." Recipes include lentil patties, lentil hash, walnut lentils, and lentil stew.
The Economical Cook Book

John C. Winston

A Practical guide for house-keepers in the preparation of every day meals. Contains more than one thousand domestic recipes, mostly tested by personal experience with suggestions for meals, lists of meats and vegetables in season, etc. Digitized by Google from the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library. Full text available at Google Books.
Uncooked Foods & How to Use Them

Eugene Christian

A treatise on how to get the highest form of animal energy from food, with recipes for preparation, healthful combinations and menus. Digitized by Google from Harvard University. Full text available at Hathitrust.
Healthful Cookery

Ella Ervilla Kellogg

A collection of choice recipes for preparing foods, with special reference to health. Digitized by Google from the New York Public Library. Full text available at Hathitrust.
Science in the Kitchen

Ella Ervilla Kellogg

The third edition; a scientific treatise on food substances and their dietetic properties together with a practical explanation of the principles of healthful cookery. A thousand choice, palatable, and wholesome recipes. Digitized by MSN from the Cornell University Library. Full text available at the Internet Archive.
The Miracle of Life

John Harvey Kellogg

A book describing the phenomena of life through the manifestations of animal and vegetable forms. Digitized by Google from the New York Public Library. Full text available at Google Books.