Pictorial color wrappers
An interesting and informative cookbook for German families published just before the Second World War
Since there has never been a book as instructive and as workable as Mastering the Art of French Cooking
The Catalonia region is situated on the west coast of the Mediterranean and blessed with one of the richest food cultures in Europe
an ethereal zucchini cappuccino
(Pastry) Pierre Lacam. Le Memorial Historique et Geographique de la Patisserie, contenant 3000 recettes de patisserie, glaces et liqueurs. General Cooking Pictorial color wrappersxxxii, 864 pp. Illus. with wood engravings, incl. portrait of the author and his contemporaries. 8. 5x5", period half black morocco & marbled boards, raised bands, gilt lettered spine. Paris: Lacam, [c. 1892]. Containing 2200 pastry, ice cream & liqueurs, decorated with engravings of pastry making and utensils in the text. With anecdotes and biographies of the great French gastronomic authors, and with engraved portraits of them: Marquis de Cussy,