Sylvia Thompson:Feasts and Friends: Recipes from a Lifetime
- used book 1988, ISBN: 0865473501
North Point Press, 1988. Hard cover, 287 pp. [Excerpt from front jacket flap]. The fourth cookbook by the author of Economy Gastronomy and The Budget Gourmet is a rich and loving autobiog… More...
North Point Press, 1988. Hard cover, 287 pp. [Excerpt from front jacket flap]. The fourth cookbook by the author of Economy Gastronomy and The Budget Gourmet is a rich and loving autobiography of a cook, tracing Sylvia Thompson's education in the kitchens of her grandmother, mother, and friends; at tables in California, Connecticut, Italy, Paris, Greece, New York, and England; and by oceans and in gardens, cities, pantries, and countrysides throughout her life. From her mother's elegant Hollywood dinner parties, where Groucho Marx would hold forth from the table and Robert Benchley traded recipes, to "cooking in love" in a basement apartment in the Berkeley hills, when a spaghetti dinner for two became an engagement party; from the first simple, perfect breakfast in Paris to an elaborate feast of Goose in Kirschwasser Aspic, Mrs. Thompson has gathered an eclectic collection of over 150 recipes that she has refined and treasured over the years, and now shares: Rillettes de lap'in, Brandied Persimmon Tea Cakes, Gnocchi verdi squisiti (Italian spinach and ricotta dumplings), Grilled Galantine of Chicken, and Fresh Ginger Cake, for example. Each recipe is composed with the same care that went into developing Mrs. Thompson s keen palate and gastronomic memory; here are recipes enriched by the author's experience of them {Muscoli alia marinara plucked from a rub at twilight on the Ligunan coast of Italy; Rosemary and Garlic Potatoes savored with a friend while watching their toddle cooking,cooking,holiday cooking Holiday Cooking, North Point Pr<
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Sylvia Thompson:Feasts and Friends: Recipes from a Lifetime
- used book 1988, ISBN: 0865473501
North Point Press, 1988. Hard cover, 287 pp. [Excerpt from front jacket flap]. The fourth cookbook by the author of Economy Gastronomy and The Budget Gourmet is a rich and loving autobiog… More...
North Point Press, 1988. Hard cover, 287 pp. [Excerpt from front jacket flap]. The fourth cookbook by the author of Economy Gastronomy and The Budget Gourmet is a rich and loving autobiography of a cook, tracing Sylvia Thompson's education in the kitchens of her grandmother, mother, and friends; at tables in California, Connecticut, Italy, Paris, Greece, New York, and England; and by oceans and in gardens, cities, pantries, and countrysides throughout her life. From her mother's elegant Hollywood dinner parties, where Groucho Marx would hold forth from the table and Robert Benchley traded recipes, to "cooking in love" in a basement apartment in the Berkeley hills, when a spaghetti dinner for two became an engagement party; from the first simple, perfect breakfast in Paris to an elaborate feast of Goose in Kirschwasser Aspic, Mrs. Thompson has gathered an eclectic collection of over 150 recipes that she has refined and treasured over the years, and now shares: Rillettes de lap'in, Brandied Persimmon Tea Cakes, Gnocchi verdi squisiti (Italian spinach and ricotta dumplings), Grilled Galantine of Chicken, and Fresh Ginger Cake, for example. Each recipe is composed with the same care that went into developing Mrs. Thompson s keen palate and gastronomic memory; here are recipes enriched by the author's experience of them {Muscoli alia marinara plucked from a rub at twilight on the Ligunan coast of Italy; Rosemary and Garlic Potatoes savored with a friend while watching their toddle cooking,holiday cooking Holiday Cooking, North Point Pr<
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Thompson, Sylvia:FEASTS AND FRIENDS: Recipes From a Lifetime
- signed or inscribed book 1988, ISBN: 0865473501
Hardcover, First edition
[EAN: 9780865473508], Near Fine, [PU: North Point Press, San Francisco], GASTRONOMY COOKING COOKBOOKS SYLVIA THOMPSON M. F. K. FISHER SIGNED COPY, Jacket, Foreword by M.F.K. Fisher. San F… More...
[EAN: 9780865473508], Near Fine, [PU: North Point Press, San Francisco], GASTRONOMY COOKING COOKBOOKS SYLVIA THOMPSON M. F. K. FISHER SIGNED COPY, Jacket, Foreword by M.F.K. Fisher. San Francisco, California: North Point Press, 1988. First edition. Thompson's fourth cookbook, an eclectic selection of over 150 recipes mixed with delightful autobiographical anecdotes of her gastronomic education in the kitchens of her grandmother, mother, and friends; encounters with various cultures and cuisines; and memories of her mother's dinner parties, where Groucho Marx would hold forth from the table and Robert Benchley traded recipes. The daughter of actress Gloria Stuart, Sylvia Thompson is also the goddaughter of M.F.K. Fisher, a lifelong friend of Stuart's. Inscribed by Thompson on the front flyleaf. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. The dust jacket is price-clipped and ever so slightly faded along the spine; otherwise a near fine copy. Inscribed by Author., Books<
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- signed or inscribed book 1988, ISBN: 0865473501
Hardcover, First edition
[EAN: 9780865473508], [PU: San Francisco: North Point Press,], Jacket, First Edition. THIS COPY IS WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. About Fine in a bright about Fine dustwrapper. A nice copy.
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