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The Epicurean : a complete treatise of analytical and practical studies on the culinary art, including table and wine service, how to prepare and cook dishes, an index for marketing, a great variety of bills of fare for breakfast, luncheons, dinner, suppers, ambigus, beffets, etc., and a selection of interesting bills of fare of Delmonico's from 1862 to 1894, making a Franco-American culinary encyclopedia / by Charles Ranhofer, former chef of Delmonico's, Honorary President of the "Société Culinaire Philanthropique" of New York.
LIBRA - Blank Collection TX715 .R218 1920b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ranhofer, Charles, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooking, American.
- Cooking, French.
- Menus.
- Genre:
- cookbooks.
- Cookbooks.
- Penn Provenance:
- Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)
- Physical Description:
- [4], viii, 1183, [1] pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Published by The Hotel Monthly Press, [1920]
- Contents:
- Table service and bills of fare
- Elementary methods and utensils
- Soups
- Sauces
- Garnishings
- Cold side dishes
- Hot side dishes
- Mollusks and curstaceans
- Fish
- Beef
- Veal
- Mutton
- Lamb
- Pork
- Poultry
- Game
- Miscellaneous entrées
- Cold service
- Vegetables
- Eggs
- Farinaceous
- Hot sweet entremets
- Cold sweet entremets
- Pastry
- Bakery
- Ices
- Confectionery
- Wines
- Last century tables
- Delmonico's menus from 1861 to 1894.
- Notes:
- Added illustrated title page with ornamental border.
- Original dark navy blue embossed leather cover with art deco binding, gold embossed lettering and illustration of silver coffee pot, covered dish and salt and pepper shakers against dark red background in upper half.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- 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.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Ranhofer, Charles. Epicurean.
- OCLC:
- 3222404
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