Cooks Collection

Too Many Cooks by Lawson Wood
A policeman on the beat around a smart London square appears to be blissfully unaware of the cooks emerging from each house to gaze adoringly at him

Honorius Patron Saint
SAINT HONORIUS (French : Saint Honore) archbishop of Canterbury patron of bakers and pastry cooks

Tolvaddon Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Around 1900
Tuckingmill valley, around 1900, with Dolcoath dressing floors; Cooks Kitchen in foreground, North Roskear engine house on sky line on the left

Chefs eating lunch at Sherrys restaurant, New York, 1902 (silver gelatin print)
MNY380765 Chefs eating lunch at Sherrys restaurant, New York, 1902 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); 27.9x35.6 cm; Museum of the City of New York

Group photo, Claridges Hotel kitchen staff, Mayfair, London W1. Date: 1908

Too Many Cooks -- photograph of four chefs (possibly French). circa late 19th century

The Nile is Egypt, Cooks Nile Steamers
Poster or handbill advertising Cooks Nile Steamers, the best way to explore Egypts ancient splendour and modern charm. Showing an ancient monument with hieroglyphics, with two men in Egyptian dress

A Cooks Ticket will take you anywhere
A poster or handbill advertising the fact that a Cooks ticket will take you anywhere on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, or round the world

1940S Housewife Cooking
A housewife cooks on a simple stove in a bare and austere kitchen, adding milk to the pan she is stirring

18th C French Kitchen
Several cooks work in a French kitchen to prepare and bake pies and pastry, a hare and a bird pie of some kind, perhaps pigeon

Poster advertising a Cooks Tours railway excursion
A poster advertising a Cooks Tours railway excursion, described as a charming excursion to the West of England, calling at Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Exeter and Plymouth

Regent Palace Hotel Kitchens, London
Regent Palace Hotel Kitchens, Piccadilly, London - The Brigade in action. The Hotel opened in 1915 and closed in 2006

The Nile -- Notes for Passengers on Cooks Steamers
A bust of Queen Nefertiti in profile, with a sketch of the River Nile in the background, on a Thomas Cook publication, Notes for Passengers on Cooks Steamers

Summer Holidays in the British Isles
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing an English seaside resort, with a sandy beach, sailing boats on the sea, a pier and a blue sky

Summer Holidays in Holland and Belgium
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in Holland and Belgium, Cooks World Travel Service. A young woman in a short green dress stands on the beach waving a handkerchief

Staff in the kitchen at the Copley Plaza hotel, Boston, 1912 or 1913
MNY380621 Staff in the kitchen at the Copley Plaza hotel, Boston, 1912 or 1913 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); 27.9x35.6 cm; Museum of the City of New York

John Laverick, SBS on Crete during Operation Albumen - WWII
John Laverick, SBS and famed cook!) preparing a meal on Crete during Operation Albumen

Witches Sabbat (Picart)
Satan presides while dancers cavort before him, the cooks throw babies into the stewpot and diners enjoy a nourishing cannibal feast

Jerusalem, Israel - Jaffa Gate. early 20th century

The Christmas tradition in England is stronger than the crisis (colour litho)
2778113 The Christmas tradition in England is stronger than the crisis (colour litho) by Beltrame

Bayeux, Normandy, France - 14th century wooden house (Maison de Bois) on La Rue des Cuisiniers. Date: circa 1910s

Two 19Th Century Chefs. From L illustration Published 1897

Fire alam post, Cooks Road, Vauxhall, WW2
Fire alarm post (FA41) protected by sandbags outside the AFS station in Cooks Road, Vauxhall, with an LFB fire engine on the left, around the start of the Second World War

Seminole Indians - USA, Florida, Everglades
The Everglades, Florida, USA. Seminole Indians on the Tamiami Trail. The Kitchen of Chesnut Billys Indian Camp. The Tamiami Trail was opened in 1928

Group photo, Carlton Hotel kitchen staff, London, posing on the hotel roof in November 1908. Date: 1908

Summer Holidays Abroad, Cooks World Travel Service
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays Abroad, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a Mediterranean beach scene with people sitting under brightly coloured umbrellas

Market food stall, Place Jemaa El Fna, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Kitchen staff, Piccadilly Hotel, London W1
Group photo of kitchen staff and others, possibly with the manager at the centre of the front row, Piccadilly Hotel, London W1. Date: 1908

Cooks New Zealand Tours
Cover illustration for Cooks New Zealand Tours, showing tropical flora and fauna in a landscape. Date: 1897

Poster advertising Cooks Pure Toilet Soaps. Ed. Cook Ltd, East London

Selling Fish by Docks
The fish-market alongside the quays where the fishing-boats dock - housewives and cooks come to buy fish fresh from the sea

Hugging Couple / Kitchen
An elegant young couple in the kitchen: she cooks crepes, he whispers sweet-nothings into her ear

Lady Cook & Boars Head
The cook bears in the Boars Head

Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a West Country scene with people playing on a sandy beach, fishing nets and seagulls

NUPE members protesting against cuts, Coventry
Striking NUPE (National Union of Public Employees) members protesting against proposed council cuts outside Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School, Coventry, 10 November 1981. Date: 1981

Catering wagon of Barnum and Bailey's Circus (b/w photo)
LLH5234731 Catering wagon of Barnum and Bailey's Circus (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Catering wagon of Barnum and Bailey's Circus)

Family together at the fire place in the mountain hut
5 people, aged, alpine hut, arts, bayern, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, burn, cabin, cabins, character, construction, cooks, copy, countryside, depiction, depictions

Football Team, Cook's Ground, 1948-1949 - the tall man (top left) is identified as Reg Pearce Date: 1948-1949

New Zealand - Queen Charlotte Sound on the north coast of the South Island - the site of Captain Cook's landing in 1770. Date: 1930

Cook's Tours, Ludgate Circus, London, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Interior of Italian Kitchen. Cooks preparing a feast. Facsimile of a woodcut from the cookbook of Cristoforo di Messisbugo, Banchetti compositioni di Vivende, published in Ferrara, 1549

Picture series Kleine Kuechengarde, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Picture series Dwarf Nose, 3, The dwarf, rejected by his parents, has learnt to cook from the witch and becomes the duke's personal chef, Liebig picture

Picture series Dwarf Nose, 2, How the witch cooks the boy a little soup that turns him into an ugly dwarf, Liebig picture

Picture series Riddle, Picture riddle, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Picture series puzzle, cook with three assistants, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Picture series picture puzzle, many cooks, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Series of pictures of children in various professions with Liebig glass, cook, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain

Series of pictures of children in various professions with Liebig glass, cook, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain

Series of pictures of children in various professions with Liebig glass, cook, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain

Picture series The sugar factory, the separating pans, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Picture series Sayings of famous poets, Schiller, the boy Karl begins to become terrible to me, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from ca 1900, public domain

Picture series Children playing military, detached to collect food, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Picture series Elves and gnomes, Herlich tastes the Liebig soup to the dwarves, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain

Cookshops and bakers in the Rue de Stamboul, Istanbul, Constantinople, Turkey, View from 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Asia

Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch, 11 December 1843, 27 May 1910, a German physician, microbiologist and hygienist, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Der Tod holt den Koch aus Der Todten Tanz oder Der Totentanz, Basel 1843, Death comes for the Cook From Der Todten Tanz or The Dance of Death published Basel 1843, Historic

Cleaning day and baking day in front of the holidays, the extended family has gathered in the kitchen to prepare a feast, Poland, historical engraving from 1883, Historical

Carl Wilhelm Otto Koch, 1810, 1876, a German lawyer and politician, mayor of Leipzig from 1849 to 1876, ca

Chinese merchant at the cookery exhibition in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, c

Artemisia prepares to drink the ashes of her man Mausolus, Mausolus

Travelling couple drinking red wine in the inn, the landlady in the background cooking food in a pot, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured

Large house in Hihiaura, home of the locals, in front of it people at the campfire cooking, family with children, East Cape, New Guinea, Historical

Family together at the fire place in the mountain hut, cooking lunch, the men smoking pipe, Bavaria, Germany, reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally restored, historical

Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, The kitchen car of a medical train, food during transportation during the war, Germany, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved

Witch, just tasting a spoonful of her freshly brewed magic potion, on her knee a cat, Witch's Kitchen, 1830, Painting by Jan Rombauer, Historic

Artemisia prepares to drink the ashes of Maussolos

Kitchen table with fish and seafood, through the window two children look into the kitchen, A kitchen table, Painting by Carl Bloch, Historic

Cook, boy with roast, check, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collector's picture from c. 1900, Liebig picture series Playing Cards, Card Game (1891)

The two cooks who try to seduce the warrior's faithful woman are trapped by her in a cellar, from a Tuti-nama, Tales of a Parrot

Housewife, opens oysters, cook, c. 1760, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a historical original, Europe

Series of pictures of a cook and cooks, roe deer, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Picture series Cook and Cooks, Pheasant, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Picture series Cook and Cooks, Hare, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Picture series cook and cooks, pike, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Picture series Cook and Cooks, Mutton, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Picture series Cook and Cooks, Ox, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Picture series Childrens Scenes III, How does that smell good, Boy as a cook with a big pan and girl with a bowl waiting for the food, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c

Picture series German Army IV, cooking, Royal Bavarian Infantry Leib Regiment, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from ca 1900

Picture series Extract Pots 1, large pots, Look, with a small spoon... Cook and maid, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Picture series Cooks at Work, Recipe, Poulearde with Cress, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Picture series Cooks at Work, Recipe, Duck with Turnips, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Picture series Cooks at Work, Recipe, Partridge with Cabbage, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

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"Honorius Patron Saint of Cooks: A Tribute to the Culinary Masters" Step into the world of cooks, where flavors come alive and culinary magic unfolds. From Too Many Cooks by Lawson Wood to Tolvaddon Mine in Cornwall circa 1900, their artistry knows no bounds. In a bustling New York City, chefs gather at Sherrys restaurant in 1902, captured forever in a silver gelatin print. Their passion for food evident as they savor a well-deserved lunch. A poster advertising a Cooks Tours railway excursion beckons adventure-seekers with promises of exploration and discovery. "Too Many Cooks" indeed. With a single ticket, embark on an unforgettable journey anywhere your heart desires. Travel back in time to witness the skillful hands of a 1940s housewife cooking up delicious meals that nourish both body and soul. Her dedication reflects the timeless role throughout history. Enter an 18th-century French kitchen, filled with tantalizing aromas and exquisite ingredients. Here, masterful techniques are passed down from generation to generation, preserving culinary traditions that still delight palates today. In the heart of London's Regent Palace Hotel kitchens lies innovation and creativity. Chefs push boundaries and redefine gastronomy while crafting memorable dining experiences for discerning guests. The Nile is Egypt; Cooks Nile Steamers epitomize luxury travel along this majestic river. Indulge in opulent feasts aboard these floating palaces as you immerse yourself in ancient wonders and modern delights alike. Cooks - guardians of taste buds worldwide - honor their craft with unwavering devotion. They transform humble ingredients into works of art that ignite our senses and bring people together around shared tables. So let us celebrate these unsung heroes who turn mere sustenance into extraordinary experiences through their boundless creativity and love for all things culinary.