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The fireside cook book; a complete guide to fine cooking for beginner and expert, containing 1217 recipes and over 400 color pictures. / By James Beard with illustrations by Alice and Martin Provensen.
LIBRA TX715 .B373
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beard, James, 1903-1985.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooking, American.
- Penn Provenance:
- Grad, Laurie Burrows (donor)
- Malgieri, Nick (donor) (Malgieri Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- 322 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon and Schuster, 1949.
- Contents:
- The seasoning shelf
- The calorie question
- Hors d'oeuvres
- Soups
- Fish and shellfish
- Poultry
- Game and special poultry
- Meats
- Eggs and cheese dishes
- Vegetables
- Potatoes, beans, rice, and spaghetti
- Salads and cheese
- Desserts
- Sauces
- Breads
- Outdoor cookery
- Frozen foods and pick-up meals
- Menus for warm and cold weather
- Wines and liquors.
- Notes:
- "These is absolutely no substitute for the best. Good food cannot be made of inferior ingredients masked with high flavor. It is true thrift to use the best ingredients available and to waste nothing."--A Word of Advice.
- Recipes printed in two columns.
- Includes index.
- "Note to the Owner of This Book. Remove and open up this jacket. Inside is a beautiful 4-color chart to decorate your kitchen or game room."
- Brown cloth boards lettered in green on spine. Illustrated front cover and lining papers.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by Laurie Burrows Grad.
- Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Nick Malgieri.
- Malgieri Collection copies 1 & 2: dust jackets retained.
- Malgieri Collection copy 1 has water damage and first and final pages taped. Ms. annotation on front free endpaper.
- Malgieri Collection copy 2 inscribed "To Rita, with fond memories. Edie B. 11/1/63".
- Malgieri Collection copy 2 has recipes cut from magazine laid in.
- OCLC:
- 1430563
- Online:
- Laurie Burrows Grad Collection Home Page
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