Tid bits from Bohemian life : as seen by Savarin St. Sure / from the newsletter of the Bohemian Distributing Company.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanna, Phil Townsend, 1896-1957., bibliographic antecedent.

Weather Bird Press, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Weather Bird de gustibus ; no. 5.

Weather Bird de gustibus ; no. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking--California--Los Angeles.

Cooking.

Cooking, American--California style.

Cooking, American.

Gastronomy.

California--Los Angeles.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Cookbooks -- 2000-2009.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[10], 9-21, [1] pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Pasadena : The Weather Bird Press, 2001.

Contents:

Introduction

California food fishes

The cannibal sandwich

Recipes under rationing

Spirit of agave

Future of frozen foods.

Notes:

"100 copies printed Weather Bird De Gustibus No. 5 of a series"--Colophon.

Publisher's name appears before place of publication in imprint.

"Dan Strehl, Series Editor".

Title in green and black.

"Bohemian Life was a bit of fresh gastronomic air in Los Angeles during the 1940s and 50s. It was published as a promotional work by the Bohemian Distributing Company, a major wholesaler of fine wines, spirits, and their own brand of beer, Acme ... Edited by Phil Townsend Hannah [sic], the longtime editor of Westways, under the nom de plume Savarin St. Sure, Bohemian Life came out as a four page monthly ..."--Page [6].

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("TC") in pencil on front free endpaper.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

Related Work:

Hanna, Phil Townsend, 1896-1957. Bohemian life, bibliographic antecedent.

OCLC:

47165008