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The first that comes immediately to mind is Clementine in the Kitchen by Phineas Beck (Samuel Chamberlain) first published by Hasting House in 1943. My mother had the book but it was not until I got my own copy that I actually read it. It is wonderful fun--imagine Clementine chasing escaped garden snails around the kitchen. The recipes are written in a style long gone. Sadly. "Take a piece of butter the size of an egg." Isn't that easier than measuring tablespoons?
Second is The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book: a random excerpt "When in 1916 Gertrude Stein commenced driving Aunt Pauline. . .She knew how to do everything except go in reverse."