Illinois

Chicago Public Library–Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, IL

http://www.chipublib.org

Reference Desk: (312) 747-4300

Library holds large general circulating collection of cookbooks.

The University of Chicago Libraries, Chicago, IL

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu

Phone Inquiries: (773) 702-4685

The nucleus of the university’s rare and important food collection is held at the John Crerar Library. This collection of primarily English, French, and German titles is strong from the fifteenth century to the twentieth century. The library also holds the Levis Collection of approximately five hundred volumes.