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Libraries, Archives and Information

Sources for the Study of

Food and Drink

© Sheffield Libraries Archives and Information 2015 (v.1.0)

Front cover illustrations - left to right: Hunters Ltd., Tea Stores, 648, Staniforth Road, Darnall, c. 1910 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: Picture Sheffield s10558) Interior of Haji Ali Akbar Shop, Spital Hill, 1998 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: Picture Sheffield u00059) Stocksbridge Co-operative Society, advertising milk and coffee bar, 1960s (Sheffield Local Studies Library: s16885) Images can be copied for private or educational use without permission from us, though we ask that the following acknowledgement is included ‘[document reference number] From the collections of Sheffield Libraries Archives and Information’. Please contact us if you wish to publish, exhibit or broadcast any of the information within this Guide.

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Contents

Introduction 3

Timeline showing key dates 4

A selection of images from the collections at Sheffield Archives and Local Studies

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List of documents, books, photographs and other items available at Sheffield Libraries, Archives and Information

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Newspaper and Magazines, etc. 6

Photographs 6

Oral History Recordings 6

Books, Documents, etc 6

Business Records 17

Menus / diet sheets 18

Cookery / Recipe Books 24

Library and archive collections held elsewhere 27

Sheffield Local Studies Library and Sheffield City Archives facilities

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Contact details 29

Introduction This Guide lists sources available within Sheffield Libraries Archives and Information for the study of the development and consumption of food and drink through the last 500 years. It lists references to food and drink - including cookery books and recipes, dietary sheets and menus and other items in the collections at Sheffield City Archives and Local Studies Library. A search of the service’s catalogues and card indexes may reveal additional items of relevance to this topic. Note this guide excludes the subject of food adulteration and food safety. It also excludes temperance for which there is a separate guide.

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Timeline showing key dates

1290 Oranges imported into Britain

1390 A Roll of Ancient English Cookery compiled

1563 Potato introduced to Britain

1575 A Proper New Booke of Cookery published

1594 The Good Huswifes Handmaide for the Kitchin published

1633 First recorded sale of bananas in Britain, though it was not until the advent of refrigerated ships in the 19th century that they became popular

1637 First record of coffee being brewed in England

1650 Tea introduced to Britain

1753 Pineapples known to be growing at Wentworth Woodhouse

1764 English Housewifery by Elizabeth Moxon published

1773 Curry first appeared on a menu in Britain

1809 First Indian restaurant opened in Britain (in London)

1842 George Bassett established his confectionery business in Sheffield

1856 The Sheffield 4-ton Crimea cake was pulled through the streets of the town on a cart

1858 John Lees opened one of the first fish and chip shops (in Oldham, Lancashire)

1911 Joseph William Thornton opened the first Thornton’s chocolate shop at 159 Norfolk Street, Sheffield

1937 Free school milk introduced

1940 Food rationing introduced

1942 National Loaf was introduced

1949 Sugar rationing ended

1954 Food rationing ended

1957 The earliest reference to a ‘Chinese’ restaurant (the Rickshaw) in Sheffield

1962/3 Ajanta Restaurant (Attercliffe Common) believed to be the first Indian restaurant in Sheffield

1962/3 Miss M Fantozzi believed to have opened the first Italian ‘dining room’ in Sheffield at 24 Shalesmoor and La Favorita (Carver Street) believed to be the first Italian restaurant

1962/3 El Crofto (Garden Street) believed to be the first Spanish restaurant in Sheffield

1970s Microwave meals started to become popular

1979 Free school milk abolished

2009 First Sheffield Food Festival


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A selection of images from the collections at Sheffield Archives and Local Studies

Cooked Meat counter, Sheffield and Ecclesall Co-op, 1960s (Picture Sheffield: u05786); Hunters Ltd., Tea Stores, Staniforth Road, Darnall, c. 1910 (Picture Sheffield: s10558); Jimmy's Plaice takeaway, Rustlings Road, 2012 (Picture Sheffield: a00650); John Robinson, confectioner, Market Hall & West Bar, 1859 (Picture Sheffield: y03050); Candytown Restaurant, London Road, 1994 (Picture Sheffield: s28560); Haji Ali Akbar Shop, Spital Hill, 1998 (Picture Sheffield: u00059); J G Graves Mail Order Catalogue: Christmas food, 1961 (Picture Sheffield: y05472); Liptons Ltd, Attercliffe Road, tea dealers, grocers and butchers, 1914 (Picture Sheffield: s00811); menu for luncheon for the Duke and Duchess of York during their visit to Sheffield, 1895 (Picture Sheffield: y05918); C. T. Skelton, sardine and fruit tin openers, 1896 (Picture Sheffield: y04952)


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List of documents, books, photographs and other items available at Sheffield Libraries, Archives and Information Newspaper and Magazines, etc. Recipes and advertisements, etc will be found in local newspapers. The main titles available at Sheffield Local Studies Library include: Iris or Sheffield Advertiser for the Northern Counties, 1794 - 1856; Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 1855 - 1986; Sheffield Mercury, 1807 - 1848; Sheffield Telegraph (weekly) 1989 - date; Sheffield Independent 1819 - 1938 and the Star 1873 - date Local newspaper cuttings collection (Sheffield Local Studies Library: microfiche) Archives of some national newspapers are available on the internet, notably The Times (http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/) and The Guardian (http://archive.guardian.co.uk) The British Library British Newspapers 1800-1900 website includes over nine million pages from over 300 national and local newspapers (including the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent 1819-1909, Sheffield Daily Telegraph 1855-1950 and Sheffield Evening Telegraph 1887-1920) (http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/) Consumer magazines will carry advertisements and features on restaurants and shops, for example Westside (1989 onwards) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 052.74 SQ) Photographs Over 70,000 images from the Sheffield Local Studies Library and City Archives photographic collections are available to search online at www.picturesheffield.com. Oral History Recordings Sheffield Local Studies Library has a collection of over 200 oral history recordings which were made in the 1980s. Older people were interviewed about many aspects of their lives. Some of the recording refer to food and direct, etc. (Sheffield Local Studies Library: Oral History Recordings) Books, Documents, etc. (listed in date order) Occasionally deeds will provide details of land use - for example orchards. For example, indenture of lease, dated at Norton 1399/1400 - fuel required for baking or brewing was to be the subject of a special arrangement (Sheffield City Archives: JC/4/47) Search the City Archives catalogue for terms such as orchards or brewhouse (Sheffield City Archives)

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Order of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury, that Elizabeth Heywood of Sheffield, widow, be allowed to sell the 'white meates, chiefly butter and cheese', which she brings to Sheffield from Ashbourne [Derbyshire] and other markets, for the benefit of the handicraft men, 'who have no meanes to make provision but only in the markett', 1608 (Sheffield City Archives: JC/22/144)

Letter from George Moore at Goodrich (Herefordshire) to the 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, refers to cider and perry to be sent to the Earl, 1609 (Sheffield City Archives: BFM/2/220) Estate papers will include household account books, these are likely to include reference to food, 16th century onwards (Sheffield City Archives: VWM, WWM, WhM, ACM, VWM) Reference to fruit trees planted in the coppy garden, 1727 (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/Br P/166) Recipe ‘to make Irish Usqubaugh’ (whisky) , 18th cent (Sheffield City Archives: LC/72/9) Accounts, bills and vouchers concerning the running of the Ecclesfield workhouse, includes reference to food, 1741 - 1768 (Sheffield City Archives: PR54/22/3/2) A plan for the better supplying this metropolis [London] with plenty of fish from distant sea-ports and rivers by land carriage, [175-?] (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/P/5/2) Short, Thomas, Discourses on tea, sugar, milk, made-wines, spirits, punch, tobacco, etc; with plain and useful rules for gouty people, 1750 Note: Thomas Short, c. 1690 - 1772 was medical practitioner in Sheffield. (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 663 SST) Short, Thomas, A dissertation on tea: explaining its nature and virtues, by many new experiments; and demonstrating the various effects it has on different constitutions; to which it is added, the natural history of tea; and a detection of the several frauds used in preparing it; also a discourse on the virtues of sage and water; and an enquiry into the reasons, why the same food is not equally agreeable to all constitutions, 1753 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 663 SST) Account of all the 'Pine Plants' [i.e. pineapple plants] brought into the garden at Wentworth since 1753, 1753 - 1761 (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/R/2A/19) Notes by Rockingham on various vegetables - cauliflowers, cucumbers, asparagus, c. 1753 (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/R/2A/21)


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Letter from Hugh Wentworth, Malton [Ireland], to Rockingham, 17 Dec 1763 Encloses a recipe for brown bread as a remedy for constipation (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/R/1/396) Wentworth Woodhouse corn accounts, 1765 - 1850 These accounts record in meticulous detail the corn delivered at Wentworth from various sources (home farms, tithe, purchase, etc.) and corn given out for a great variety of uses (as House, swans, pheasants, Swinton stables, etc.). Entries are normally in columns for oats, beans, wheat, rye and barley. (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/A) Short, Thomas, A comparative history of the increase and decrease of mankind in England, and several countries abroad ...; to which is added, a syllabus of the general states of health, air, seasons, and food for the last three hundred years [1468 - 1765]; and also a meteorological discourse, 1767 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 312 SSTQ) Wentworth Woodhouse household accounts - housekeeper’s books of stores, c. 1769 - 1848 include quantities in hand and consumed weekly, of sugar, dried fruits, soap, tea, homemade wines, distilled waters, etc. (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/A/1365-1388) Letter from Sir John Wentworth, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (America) to Rockingham - sends a … small sample of maple sugar, together with a note on the process by which it is obtained, 14 Feb 1772 (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/R/1/1395) Wentworth Woodhouse - account of flour brought to bakehouse, loaves of different types baked and where delivered in the House, [c. 1775] (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/A/1191) Estate maps, and later Ordnance Survey maps, identify land and buildings associated with food and drink, etc. For example, plan of the lots laid out in George Street, late Waterhouse Croft, and taken by Dawson, Thomas Sambourne, Bailey and the Coffee House, [1788] (Sheffield City Archives: FC/P/SheS/591L) (Sheffield City Archives for estate plans; Sheffield Local Studies Library for Ordnance Survey maps) An Act for the better preservation of game in that part of Great Britain called England, 1765 (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/P/1/11) Catalogue of fruit trees [?at Beauchief], 1771 Entitled ‘A catalogue of fruit trees against the walls in all the gardens with the apple trees on the borders in the kitchen garden’. Listed are details of varieties of nectarines, peaches, apricots, pears, apples, cherries and figs. (Sheffield City Archives: BM/49)


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Trade directories (1774 - 1974) provide lists of shops, businesses and occupations as well as advertisements. For example Gales and Martin’s Directory of Sheffield of 1787 lists such occupations as grocer, tea dealer, milk and flour dealer, dealer in butter and groceries, cheese factor, poulterer, dealer in bacon, wine and spirit dealer, etc (Sheffield Local Studies Library and Sheffield City Archives) Sale plans may contain details of land and buildings connected to food and drink, for example, beerhouses, orchards, dairies, shops, etc., 18th - 21st centuries (Sheffield Local Studies Library: sale plans) Wells, Roger A. E., Dearth and Distress in Yorkshire 1793 - 1802 (University of York, 1977) (refers to grain crises / food riots, etc.) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 3549 M) Parish records can record expenditure on foodstuffs, particular in relation to feeding the poor, for example, the overseers of the poor accounts for Handsworth detail expenditure on milk and bread, 1798 - 1812 (Sheffield City Archives: X545/1) Letters, circulars, etc about the price of bread, 1795, 1799 - 1800 (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/F/47/34-44) Letter from Milton Fitzwilliam to Rev John Cleaver, 24 Dec 1800 Gives reasons for his disapproval of supplying bread to the poor. (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/F/47/22) Letter from Fitzwilliam, Wentworth, to the Duke of Portland, refers to the disinclination of Sheffield volunteers to muster against possible bread riots, 8 Sep 1800 (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/F/44/54) Letters from W. Hastings to Fitzwilliam, refers to relief of the poor with soup and bread, Jan 1800 (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/F/47/15-16) Wortley Hall house expenses, 1802 - 1804 showing weekly consumption of meat, eggs, soap, tea, flour, etc. (Sheffield City Archives: WhM/317) Proclamation for reducing consumption of bread and reasons for fixing maximum price, Dec 1800 (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/F/47/42-43) List of wines, spirits etc of English Wine Cellar, Remplers House, Great Moscow, 19th cent (Sheffield City Archives: SY183/F6/3)


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Tontine Inn, Sheffield, bills for alcohol, fruit, tea, waiters, maids, etc., c. 1815 - 1816 and 1838 (Sheffield City Archives: JC/22/228) Letter from C. Bowns, Furnivals Inn Coffee House, to Fitzwilliam, 30 Nov 1816 (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/F/107/30) Extracts from The Times relating to bread riots, which James Archibald Stuart Wortley, MP helped to suppress. Includes a transcript of 'Riots at Sheffield' dated Dec 1816, [c.1920] (Sheffield City Archives: WhM/693/611) Wentworth Woodhouse - account of oatmeal made, wheat ground and how consumed, and how bran disposed of, 1832 - 1838 (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/A/1193) An Act … to Permit the General Sale of Beer and Cider by Retail, 1834 (Sheffield City Archives: BM/90) Bellamy, Peter, The Welfare of the People Considered in Reference to the New Beer Act (Sheffield Association of Beerhouse Keepers, 1838) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: local pamphlets, vol. 111 no. 7 (042 S) Memorial of the butchers for removing the Skin and Hide Market from the Low Shambles to the Hay Market, 1839 (Sheffield City Archives: ACM/13/4/16) 'The Vital Statistics of Sheffield' by G. Calvert Holland, physician extraordinary to the Sheffield General Infirmary, 1843 includes references to licensed victuallers and beer house keepers (Sheffield City Archives: 314.274 S; also available at Sheffield City Archives: NHS17/5/22/2) Sheffield Council, Watch Committee minutes refer to the throwing of orange peel in the streets, 1840s (Sheffield City Archives: CA-WAC/1/1) Sheffield Council Health Committee minutes for references to food adulteration etc., 1849 onwards (Sheffield City Archives: CA-HEA) Report on the Sanatory (sic) Condition of the Borough of Sheffield, 1848 Includes reference to the Union Workhouse diet, 1847 - 1848 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: local pamphlets vols 58 and 71; also available at Sheffield City Archives: SY235/2) Yorkshire and Derbyshire farmers' pocket almanac (Wiley and Co. Ltd, 1847) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 032.74 S)


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Letter from Paris, to 5th Earl Fitzwilliam - mentions bread made from beetroot and lentils, 20 Jan 1847 (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/G/83/399) Advertisement for H. Reckless, Baker and Confectioner, 18 Castle Street - bride cakes and funeral biscuits on the shortest notice, c. 1830s - 1840s (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1621 S) Card of John Sales, Baker and Confectioner, Bridge Gate, Rotherham - funerals completely furnished, 1852 (Sheffield City Archives: SY473/Z15/3) Card of John Fishburn, Confectioner, Baker and Grocer, Ecclesfield - biscuits and cakes for funerals, 1850 (Sheffield City Archives: SY473/Z15/2) Article on funeral biscuits by C.V. Collier in Transactions of the Hunter Archaeological Society, vol. 3, p. 211 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 913.4274 S) Architectural plans for shop fittings, etc. for George Sharman, Grocers and Wine Merchants, late 19th cent (Sheffield City Archives: MD5006-5008) Collier, C. V., A note on funeral biscuits, 20th cent (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 393.9 SST) Sheffield Flood claims registers record detailed information on the losses sustained during the flood, including stock from shops and homes, 1864 (Sheffield City Archives: CA7) Court records contain information on beerhouse and pub licenses, etc., 1870 onwards (Sheffield City Archives: MC/7) Leaflet advertising Robert Hudson & Co's celebrated linseed cake, 1872 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1042 S) Advert: J. T. Gunn, Trinacria wine store, Sheffield, 19th cent (Sheffield City Archives: MD1375/4) Regulations as to dairies, cow-sheds and milk-shops (Sheffield City Council, 1893) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 660) Short note on Cheese Fair, no date (Sheffield Local Studies Library: Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Sheffield, vol. 4 p. 39 microfiche 942.74 S)


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Facsimile of a bread ticket issued to a debtor in Scotland Street Gaol, no date (Sheffield Local Studies Library: Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Sheffield, vol. 3 p. 118 microfiche 942.74 S) Description of Brewis, traditional dish at the Cutlers feast, no date (Sheffield Local Studies Library: Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Sheffield, vol. 10 p. 168 microfiche 942.74 SF) 'The Pharmacopoeia of the Sheffield General Infirmary' compiled by the Medical Staff, 1894; includes dietary table (p. 39) (Sheffield City Archives: NHS17/4/6/1) Sheffield Tramways System, 1905 The reverse has an advert for Batty's sweets. (Sheffield Local Studies Library: S 31 M) Hinchcliffe's Stocksbridge Almanack (Wharncliffe Press, 1908, 1909 and 1910) Includes references to Stocksbridge Fruit Farms. (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 032.74 S) Free cookery demonstrations : Brown & Polson have arranged for a series of cookery lectures by Miss J. Reay, Diplomee, Board of Education for Cookery, 1913 [in the] Burngreave Vestry Hall, Grimesthorpe Road, Sheffield (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 2716 S) Short article on breadmaking before World War One, in Contact, Jan 1975 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 283.4274 S) Byelaws made ... under section 90 of the Sheffield Corporation Act, 1914, with respect to immature veal, 1915 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: local byelaws vol. 8 (352.042 S)) World War One diary c. 1918 includes comments on rising food prices etc. (Sheffield City Archives: X548/1) World War One food cards/national ration book c. 1917 - 1918 (Sheffield City Archives: MD2198/6 and Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 4123 S and MP 4214 S) Certificates of registration as a retailer for tea, lard, flour and bread, butter, margarine, sugar, bacon, and instructions to shopkeepers, 1918 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 121 L) Sheffield and Ecclesall Co-operative Society Ltd., reports (annual and quarterly) and balance sheets 1910 - 1976 The 1915-1917 include references to sugar and milk distribution, etc. (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 334.5 S) Sheffield Food Control Committee, minutes 1917 - 1920 (Sheffield City Archives: CA-VAC/81)


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Sheffield Flour, Bread and Potatoes sub-committee, minutes, 1917 (Sheffield City Archives: CA-VAC/81/2) Sheffield Sugar and Butter sub-committee, minutes, 1917 (Sheffield City Archives: CA-VAC/81/5) Notes to encourage saving of bread c. 1918 (Sheffield City Archives: MD7766/2/6) Purchasers Shopping card: to be used by Mrs Suite of Same Hill Farm, Hallam at William M. Bell, 226 School Road, for butter and sugar, Oct 1919 - Jan 1920 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 4453 S) Sheffield National Restaurant sub-committee (formerly National Kitchens Sub-Committee), minutes 1917 - 1920 (Sheffield City Archives: CA-VAC/117) Sheffield Milk Supply, National Restaurants and Kitchens committee, minutes 1920 - 1924 (Sheffield City Archives: CA-VAC/40 and CA-VAC/67/1) T S Hogg, manuscript account of the meat trade in Sheffield 1919 - 1954 (photocopy) (Sheffield City Archives: PhC/540) Prospectuses for the Sheffield College of Domestic Science, 1921/2-1976/7 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 374.8 S) Allaway, A. J., A Report on a Survey of the Milk Supply of Sheffield, 1931 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 614.32 S) License from the Food Control Committee for Rawmarsh to F. Downs and Sons to deal in sausages, cooking fats, butcher's meat, rabbit and poultry, 1939 (Sheffield City Archives: SY481/B4/2) Sheffield Food Emergency Committee - instructions and letters, 1942 (Sheffield City Archives: CA43/12) Official opening ceremony of the Food Production Show, Endcliffe Park, Sep 1943 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 3561 M) Sheffield City Council: Civic Restaurant Committee signed minutes, 1946 - 1958 The Civic Restaurants Act of 1947 permitted local authorities to establish restaurants for the supply of meals and refreshments. These had been provided during the war as a method of providing the population with a balanced diet, especially as many essential foodstuffs were rationed or otherwise in short supply. They continued to be provided after the war. These minutes refer to restaurants at Barkers Pool, Pond Street, Rutland Hall, West Bar, City Hall, Attercliffe, Napier Street, Petre Street, Scala, St George’s Hall, Glossop Road, Town Hall, Whirlow Brook, Old Dam House, Millhouses and Crookes Valley Kiosk.

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Ministry of Food: authorisations for rationed food for NHS staff and students, 1947-1952 (Sheffield City Archives: NHS18/4/1/11) Ration cards, 1949 (Sheffield City Archives: MD7252) Memos with regard to cheese ration, etc., 1949 (Sheffield City Archives: NCB/1843/9-10) Notice from Sheffield Retail Butchers' Buying Committee regarding end of rationing, 1954 (Sheffield City Archives: SY481/B6/6) Brightside and Carbrook Co-operative Society Ltd., souvenir brochure to mark the opening of the new bread and confectionery bakery, 1956 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 210 SQ) Advertisement for Crookes Fisheries, Fish, Game and Poultry Dealer, 20th cent (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1296 L) Report on first six months' investigation into menu selection at Norton Annexe, compiled for the United Sheffield Hospitals by work study officer who examined the merits of traditionally prepared foods against frozen raw foods, Jan 1965 (Sheffield City Archives: NHS12/4/3) Bye-laws with regard to offensive trades and the trade of business of frying fish (Sheffield City Council, 1971) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 651/1 S) Article on conferences and banqueting in Sheffield in South Yorkshire Executive, Nov 1976 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 338.94274 SQ) Beer Matters (formerly Parish Pump) (Campaign for Real Ale, Sheffield and District), 1978 onwards (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 663.4 SQ) Hopcan Gazette: News of Hope and Cannon Brewery, c. 1980 onwards (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 663.4 SQ) Grimesthorpe: Historical Miscellanea (Grimesthorpe Local History Group, 1980) Includes references to the Grimesthorpe Feast. (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 942.74 SQ) Waugh, Maureen, Memories of Grimesthorpe, 1980s Includes references to the Grimesthorpe Feast. (Sheffield Local Studies Library: Local pamphlets, vols 59 and 61 (042 SQ))


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Roe, J., It Was a Lovely Summer's Day (1980s) Includes references to food rationing. (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 940.3 SQ) A Local Food Policy for Sheffield, 1988 (Sheffield City Council, 1985 and 1988) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 613.2 SSTQ) Castle, Joe, Wadsley Top: Feasts and Sermons (1986) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 942.74 S) Brears, Peter, Traditional Food in Yorkshire (1987) (Sheffield Reference and Information Library: 641.09) Wood, Carole, A Pilot Survey of the Food Intake of Sheffield Schoolchildren, 1988 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 631.2 SSTQ) Bryan, Lynn, A Study of the Dietary Concerns and Cookery Skills of Asian, Afro-Caribbean and Chinese Elders: the Report of a Research Project, 1990 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 362.6 SSTQ) The Restaurant Guide of Sheffield: a guide to twenty restaurants in and around Sheffield (Birkdale School, 1997) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 642.5 SST) Woolley, Richard, History in the Baking: Fletchers 75 years, 1923 - 1998 (Hird Advertising, 1998) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 338.4 S) Levesley, Geoff, The Coffee House on George Street in Sheffield History Reporter Annual 1998, pp. 63-67 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 942.74 SQ) Sheffield Organic Food Initiative, 1998 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 635.987 SSTQ) Eating: Annual Guide to the Food Scene in and around Sheffield in Sheffield '98 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 942.74 SQ) Advertisement for Blue Moon Cafe: vegetarian and vegan food on Norfolk Row, 1990s (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 4191 S) The Dining Directory of Sheffield (Sheffield Hallam University, School of Leisure and Food Management, 1996) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 642.5 SST) MacDonald, Julie, The Cutlers' Feast in Mesters to Masters: a History of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire, edited by Clyde Binfield and David Hey (Oxford University Press, 1997) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 338.6 S)


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The Guide to Good Food: South Yorkshire (Trader Publications, 2000) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 647.95 SST) Daws, Martin, Sheffield Star Supplements, Good Food Reviews, c. 2000s (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP MP 799 S and MP 1676 L) The Guide to Quality Cuisine: South Yorkshire, 2001 - 2003 (Trader Marketing, 2001) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 647.95 SST and PAMP 343/1) Massarella, Michael, Cooking and Eating with the Massarella Family (c. 2002) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 215) Wining & Dining Experience (supplement) (Sheffield Newspapers, 2002 and 2003) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1395 L and MP 1396 L) S. H. Ward and Co Ltd [Bottle labels and beer mats], 20th cent (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 4523 S) Mrs Mary Howard talks about her traditional cooking (Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust, 2005) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: ORAL HISTORY CD28) Menu: For People Who Love to Eat Out (Sheffield Newspapers, 2007) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 528) The Sheffield Green Food Map, 2005 - 2006 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: Folded Maps 58 and MP 3801 S) Grieve, Jemma, South Yorkshire Local Food Directory (2004) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 402/1 S) South Yorkshire Good Food Directory (Business Link, South Yorkshire, 2007) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.3 SST) The Chic Restaurant Guide: Your Guide to Fine Wining and Dining in Sheffield (Chic Promotions, 2008) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 592) Bohan, Gian, Strada Della Nonna: Passion, Parmesan and a six foot Rolling Pin (Regional Magazine Company, 2008) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 647.9542 S) Sheffield Food & Drink Guide 2009 - 2010 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 4369 S) Sheffield Food Festival programme, 2011 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 818 S)


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Sheffield Food Plan (Sheffield First Partnership, 2011) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 363.8 SQ) Sheffield Food Strategy 2014 - 2017 (Sheffield City Council, 2014) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 363.8 SQ) Business Records Trade catalogues can provide information as well as illustrations of cutlery types and fashions, for example the C. T. Skelton, sardine and fruit tin openers, 1896 shown on page 6 above (Sheffield Local Studies Library: search the library catalogue under company name or business type) S H Ward & Company Limited, Sheaf Brewery, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, records, 1836 - 1996 (Sheffield City Archives: SHW) John Adams, soda water manufacturer, sales ledger, 1836 - 1858 (Sheffield City Archives: SY505/1) George Bassett, Confectioner, Sheffield, account book, 1856 - 1870 and invoices etc., 1850s - 1860s; leaflets, promotional material, flyers and other documents regarding George Bassett & Company, from c. 1856 (Sheffield City Archives: X131 and X159; Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP Folder 15 and MP 341 VL)) Sheffield and District Wine, Beer and Spirit Trade Association, records, 1870 - 1966 (Sheffield City Archives: MD6617) Barnard, Alfred, The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland, 1890 - 1891 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 663.3 S) Parry, D., South Yorkshire Stingo: a Directory of South Yorkshire Brewers 1758 - 1995 (Brewery History Society, 1997) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 663.3 SQ) Coffee Cart Co., minutes, cash book, 1875 - 1907 (Sheffield City Archives: DONC) Day book of Edward Courtnall, Cheese Factor of Market Hall Arches, Exchange Street, Sheffield, 1887 - 1889 (Sheffield City Archives: SY502) Wiley & Company Limited, wine and spirit merchants of Sheffield, records, 1891 - 1972 (Sheffield City Archives: 2001/90)


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Old Albion Brewery Company Ltd, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, minute books; registers; share records 1900 - 1970 (Sheffield City Archives: MD7521) C Jackson and Sons Limited, wholesale fruit, vegetable and potato merchants, of Sheffield, records, c. 1930 - 1979 (Sheffield City Archives: LD2145-2171) Hay & Son Ltd, wine merchants, catalogues, 1930s - 1960s (Sheffield Local Studies Library: TRC HAY and 663.2 SST and Sheffield City Archives: SY67) Charles Jackson and Sons Limited, fruit and vegetable wholesalers of Parkway Market, Sheffield, records, c. 1930 - 1980 (Sheffield City Archives: LD 2145-2171 and MD7457) W. J. Cooke and Son Ltd, corn merchants, accounts, administrative and sales records, 1936 - 1974 (Sheffield City Archives: SY259) Batchelor's Peas, Ltd., magazine, 1939 - 1970 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 052.74 SQ) S. Tricklebank, itinerant fishmongers, Shirland Lane, Darnall, accounts, 1945 - 1947 (Sheffield City Archives: MD7243) White, Favell and Cockayne [catalogues of wines, spirits and cigars], 1950s (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 663.2 SST) Porter Wright & Co Ltd (wine merchants), catalogue, 1966 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: TRC PORT)

Menus / diet sheets etc. - a selection. You can find more by searching menus etc. in the catalogues and card indexes Book of the ordinances of the household of Queen Mary I, 1553 (kept by Michael Wentworth, master of the queen’s household). Includes dinner menus, etc. (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/StrP/33) Sheffield Workhouse rules, with week's menu for the poor, c. 1750 (Sheffield City Archives: CA24/2/7) Wentworth Stewards’ account book, 1772 - 1784 (includes dinner menus for rent days, notes of farm produce, etc.) (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/A/1380) Bundle of recipes and a menu, [18th cent] (Sheffield City Archives: WWM/Misc/235)


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Weekly diet [for Sheffield Charity School?], c. 1830s (Sheffield City Archives: Wil D/7/1/12) Statutes and rules for the government of the infirmary, 1813 (pasted in at front: diet table for London Hospital, Jan 1859) (Sheffield City Archives: NHS17/1/6/2) Sheffield Royal Hospital, printed dietary, 1860 (Sheffield City Archives: NHS16/1/1/1/2) Cutlers' Company's Industrial Exhibition, menu, 1885 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 684 S) Menu for feast at Cutlers Hall to commemorate Queen Victoria’s jubilee, 1887 (Sheffield City Archives: LC/1/10) Invitations, programmes, tickets, menus and other papers relating to the visit of their royal highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York [later King George V and Queen Mary], May 1895 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP FOLDER 17) Burgon and Ball, souvenir printed menus for a dinner held at La Plata works for the Diamond Jubilee, 1897 (Sheffield City Archives: B&B/130) Invitation to J. J. Bingham to a luncheon at the Cutler's Hall on the occasion of the opening of the new Pupil Teacher Centre, menu and toast card, 1899 (Sheffield City Archives: CA986/12/4) Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress: folder of items relating to installation of Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoresses in Sheffield, 20th cent (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP FOLDER 40) Cutlers' Feast, collection of menu's, etc., 19th - 20th cent. (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 338.6 SST; Sheffield City Archives: CA779/4/5; LC/1/4-6 and LC/1/12 Copy of Hadden's Ingredient Calculator 1900. This ready reckoner was used in the preparation of food in accordance with the Workhouse Regulation (Dietaries and Accounts) Order 1900 (Sheffield City Archives: CA510/5) Cutlers' Hall Sheffield: dinner invitations, menu and toast list on the occasion of Mr Albert Hobson being Master Cutler of Sheffield, 1902 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1089 S) Menu card for a meal at the Kings Head Hotel, Sheffield, 1903 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: JFD/2/81)


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Sheffield Corporation Electric Supply Department, staff dinner menu, 1906 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 2611 M) Visit to Sheffield of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Town Hall, Sheffield: Menu du Dejeuner and Programme of Music, 1909 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 2715 S) Sheffield Union, general regulations and instructions to foster parents of children homes, c. 1910 includes a weekly diet table (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 4575 S) Recommendations regarding tea and entertainment for aged poor on Coronation day, 1911 (Sheffield City Archives: CA776/2/4) Menu of farewell dinner on board R.M.S. Victoria, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1911 (Sheffield City Archives: SY397/F1/1) Sheffield and District Masters and Foremen Tailors Association, 30th annual dinner menu and programme, 1916 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 4454 S) Oakwood Hall Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital: menu for Christmas dinner, 1916 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 2453 M) Patients' dietary table, as approved by the OC 3rd Northern General Hospital, c. 1917 (Sheffield City Archives: NHS37/7/2/2) Firvale Poor Law Institute / Workhouse dietary table, 1919 (Sheffield City Archives: CA510) St. Stephen's Church, Netherthorpe, welcome dinner to our members returned from service in His Majesty's Forces during the Great War, 8 May 1919 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 6384 M) Programme for Wentworth Lodge Jubilee Celebration (menu for jubilee dinner), 1919 (Sheffield City Archives: SY143/G1/1) Prince of Wales [later King Edward VIII]visit to Rotherham and Sheffield, menu, 1923 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP FOLDER 21) Amalgamated Society of Wire Drawers and Kindred Workers, Sheffield District, menu and toast list for a 'Complimentary Dinner to Mr William Henry Titterton on attaining 57 years continuous membership', 1927 (Sheffield City Archives: MD6807/2)


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[Set of annual dinner menus for the Nomads Armistice Club, 1928 - 29, 1931 - 1935 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1418 M) Photocopy of menu for centenary dinner of the Medical School, Jul 1928 (Sheffield City Archives: NHS20/5/16/6) T.B. & W. Cockayne Ltd. Centenary Banquet and Ball at the Cutler's Hall, 1929 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 355 SQ) Schofields (Yorkshire) Ltd, souvenir menu for the centenary banquet and ball at the Cutlers' Hall, 1929 (Sheffield City Archives: SY492/B14/2) Official opening of the Abattoir and Wholesale Meat Market, menu, 1929 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1305 M) Items relating to the visit of Her Royal Highness, Elizabeth, Duchess of York, to Sheffield, 1934 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1124 M) City of Sheffield Police Force and Fire Brigade 'Old Comrades Association', annual dinner menus, 1934, 1936, 1938 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 4399 S) Items relating to the visit of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, 1937 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 2207 S) H.M.S. Sheffield, Christmas day menu, 1937 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 4100 M) Menu for the Sheffield Medical Dinner and Dance, 1938 (Sheffield City Archives: NHS20/5/16/12) Menu for Christmas meals at GHQ Camp, 1944 (Sheffield City Archives: MD7325/2/30) Lord Mayors' diaries (including menu cards), 1944 - 1980 (Sheffield City Archives: CA656) Dinner in honour of the National Executive of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, 1948 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 698 S) Yorkshire versus Lancashire centenary dinner menu, 1949 (Sheffield City Archives: MD2219) [Luncheon menu and details of toasts on the occasion of the formal inauguration of the Midland coke research station, 1950] (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 3186 M)


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Ceremony of Admission of The Right Honourable Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill to the Honorary Freedom of the City, 1951 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 2696 M) [Menu cards, invitations, etc., regarding various royal visits to Sheffield, 1952 onwards] (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP FOLDER 23) Installation of the Master Cutler, Sir Harold West, menu, 1952 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 766 S) Royal College of Surgeons of England: menu card and programme, 1953 (Sheffield City Archives: NHS20/5/19/8) Visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, menu, 1953 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 4039 M) Menus, etc., for the visit of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, 1954 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1125 M) Royal Hospital, Sheffield: menu for dinner in honour of staff members J L Grout and C Gray Imrie, 1955 (Sheffield City Archives: NHS20/5/4/3) [Miscellaneous items relating to the Sheffield City Libraries 1856 - 1956 centenary celebrations, July 23rd - 28th, 1956] (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 862 M) Sheffield Football Club centenary banquet at the Cutlers' Hall, 1957 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 891/1 S) Printed programme for the Jubilee Meeting of the B.F.U.W., with dinner menu and invitation cards to Mrs Armytage, 1957 (Sheffield City Archives: SY/587/G4/2) [Invitation and acceptance cards, guest list, seating plans, menu and order of proceedings for the Clean Air campaign and exhibition, 1959] (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1045 M) [Items relating to luncheon given by the Lord Mayor on the occasion of the inauguration of the Clean Air Campaign, November 1959] (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1103 S) NALGO: Sheffield Health Services Branch: menu card for golden jubilee celebration dinner, 1960 (Sheffield City Archives: NHS27/3/7/4) [Items relating to the] visit of the Minister of Education, Sir David Eccles, 1961 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1317 M)


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Ceremony of admission of the Right Reverend Leslie Stannard Hunter, Lord Bishop of Sheffield and Alderman Albert Smith to the Honorary Freedom of the City, 1962 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 982 M) Official opening of Parkway Wholesale Markets by The Rt. Hon. Christopher Soames, C.B.E., M.P., Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1962 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1406(A) S) Ceremony of admission of the Right Honourable Harold Wilson, O.B.E., M.P., Alderman Herbert Keeble Hawson, Alderman Samuel Hartley Marshall, J.P., Alderman James Wilfred Sterland, O.B.E., J.P. and Dr John Macnaghten Whittaker, F.R.S. to the Honorary Freedom of the City, 1965 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1348 M) Honorary Freedom of the City: ceremony of admission of Mr John Burns Hynd and Sir Peter Geoffrey Roberts, 1970 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1867 M) League of Trained Nurses, menu of the 49th anniversary luncheon, 14 Oct 1972 (Sheffield City Archives: NHS17/5/23/4/12) Visit of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh K.G., K.T, 1973 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 2219 M) Silver Jubilee Celebrations menu for Cockaynes' restaurant, 1977 (Sheffield City Archives: SY492/B21/7) Sheffield C & A golden jubilee 1932 - 1982 [menu card] (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 3992 S) Askern Womens' Support Group, menu of soup kitchen run by the women Miners’ Strike, 1984 (Sheffield City Archives: SY689/V5/1) Honorary Freedom of the City ceremony of admission of Councillor William Owen, J.P., 1991 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 3607 S) Sheffield Club, lunch menu, 1998 (Sheffield City Archives: 1998/84) Conference, banqueting and weddings [information pack], c. 2000 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 5621 M) Selection of take away menus from various food establishments, 2006 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP FOLDER 14) Fusion Organic Café, menu, 2009 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 4382 S)


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Cookery / Recipe Books (in date order) A Medical miscellany, [late 15th - early 16th cent] includes ‘the correct diet for preserving health’ (Sheffield City Archives: JC/22/135) Jane Mosley's Recipes [with] Jane Mosley's Remedies (Derbyshire Museum Service, 1985) Reprint of late 17th early 18th century recipes and remedies (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST) Wentworth Woodhouse recipe book, c.1700 - 1730 (Sheffield City Archives: MD6333) Vernon-Wentworth household recipe book of Mrs Fisher, 1772 (Sheffield City Archives: VWM/157) Mary Gibson, of York, recipe book, 1810 - c. 1833 (Sheffield City Archives: MD7334) Recipes, c. 1824 (Sheffield City Archives: MD6264/6/7) Parkin family Commonplace book, c. 1840s - 1850s (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 082.2 SST) Keithley, Josephine, Commonplace book, 1870 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 828 SST) Recipe Book and School Teacher's diary, 1889 - 1948 (Sheffield City Archives: MD7206-7207) Recipe book, late 19th cent? (Sheffield City Archives: MD3822/12) Angwin, M.C., Simple Hints on Choice of food, with Tested and Economical Recipes for Schools, Homes, and Classes for Technical Instruction, 1898 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST) Prize Cookery Recipes (Sheffield Independent, c. 1900) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST) 250 Choice Recipes: Souvenir of the Wycliffe Congregational Church Bazaar, 1911 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST) The Burngreave Wesleyan Circuit Bazaar cookery book, 1912 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST)


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The Sheffield Cookery Book: compiled for use in elementary and in evening schools, 1913 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 746 S) Carver Street Wesleyan Chapel, Sheffield - useful household recipes, 1921 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 977 S) Wesley Hall Methodist Church, Wisdom, Wit and Victuals: Recipes and Quotations: bazaar souvenir, 1926 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 383) Sheffield Weekly Telegraph Cookery Book, 1928 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 950 S) Zion Congregational Church (Attercliffe) Book of recipes … 1930 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 834 S) Electrical Housekeeping. Vol.7, No.24, Summer 1939 General interest magazine for the housewife issued by the local electricity company includes articles on gardening, laundry work, cookery, child care (Sheffield Local Studies Library: Local Pamphlets. Vol.1 042 SQ) Recipe book of Clara Allott, 1948 (Sheffield City Archives: LD7206) The Sheffield Book of Recipes for use in Senior and Intermediate Schools, District Evening Schools, and the Evening Classes at the College of Domestic Science (Sheffield Education Committee, 1951) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST) Joshua Wigfull & Sons Ltd, Wigfull's recipes, [20th cent] (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST) Hunt, Dorothy M, The Wentworth Way Recipe Book, 1977 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST) Kirkwood, James, A Christmas Book: a compilation of carols and recipes, old and new, from areas around Sheffield, 1984 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 783.6 SSTQ) Vegan Varieties: Recipes for Cooking without Meat, Fish or Dairy Products (Sheffield Vegan Society, 1990s) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5636 SST) St. Paul's Church [Norton Lees], parish recipe book, 1990s (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SSTQ) Chatterjee, Debjani, Sweet and Sour (Bengali Women's Support Group, 1993) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 394.1 S)


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Cooking the Paddock Way (Paddock Hill Home for the Elderly, ?1990s) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST) James, Adele, Sharpe Chefs II: on campaign (Youbooks, 2008) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 741.5 SST) Hendersons (Sheffield) Ltd, Recipes to Relish (Hallamshire Press, 1998) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 S) Caudwell's recipes (Caudwell's Mill Trust Ltd., 1998) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST) The In-famous Cooks' Book: Haute Cuisine from Acres Hill to 10 Downing Street (Acres Hill Nursery Infant and Junior School, 1999) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST) The Suite Taste of Success: Recipe Book (Oughtibridge Brass Band, 2000) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST) Soulieman, Amina, Footprint: Recipes for Life (2000) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 398.27 SST) Your guide to a traditional Christmas: based on an exhibition produced by local women in Stocksbridge with Sheffield Communications Unit, c. 1980s (Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 3912 M) Be My Guest (Sheffield Hallam University, School of Leisure and Food Management, c. 2000) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST) Massarella, Michael, Cooking and Eating with the Massarella Family (2002) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 215) Bramley, Tessa, Perfect Puddings (Ryland Peters & Small, 2002) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.86 SST) Prior, Pam, Yummy Cookbook (Alzheimer's Society Sheffield Branch, 2004) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST) James, Adele, Sharpe Chefs (Pickard Communication, 2007) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 641.5 SST) Dunne, Clare, Food for Thought: Recipes from Sheffield's Refugee and Asylum Seeker Community (2007) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: PAMP 500 S) Different Cultures One World: Women's Voices from South Yorkshire (CAM Yorkshire, 2010) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 828 SST)


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