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American Elegance : classic and contemporary menus from celebrated hosts and hostesses / [compiled by Cheryl K. Gibbs ; written by Lucinda Costin ; photography by Winterthur Museum and Gardens ; with a foreword by Brooke Astor].
LIBRA TX715 .A5132 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Costin, Lucinda, author of text.
- Series:
- Winterthur book
- A Winterthur book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooking, American.
- Menus.
- Entertaining.
- Penn Provenance:
- Grad, Laurie Burrows (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 246, [2] pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Abbeville Press, 1988.
- Contents:
- Foreword: Winterthur Hospitality / Brooke Astor
- Introduction: Entertaining in the Winterthur Style
- Breakfasts and Brunches
- Luncheons
- Cocktails and Hors D'Oeuvres
- Dinners
- Menus for Special Occasions
- Dining Out-of-Doors.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by Laurie Burrows Grad.
- Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
- Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.
- Kislak copy has dust jacket retained.
- Kislak copy has self-addressed postcard from Abbeville Press laid in.
- ISBN:
- 0896598861
- 9780896598867
- OCLC:
- 17805747
- Online:
- Laurie Burrows Grad Collection Home Page
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