Larousse Gastronomique : the encyclopedia of food, wine & cookery / by Prosper Montagné ; introductions by A. Escoffier and Ph. Gilbert ; edited by Charlotte Turgeon and Nina Froud.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montagné, Prosper, 1864-1948, author.

Contributor:

Turgeon, Charlotte, 1912-2009, editor.

Froud, Nina, 1914- editor, translator.

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Cooking--Dictionaries--French.

Cooking.

Food--Dictionaries--French.

Food.

Cooking, French.

Physical Description:

1101, [1] pages, [31] unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 27 cm

Edition:

Book Club Edition

Other Title:

Encyclopedia of Food, Wine and Cookery

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown Publishers, Inc., 1961.

Contents:

Prefaces / by Auguste Escoffier and Philéas Gilbert

Introduction to English language edition

Table of comparative measures

Larousse Gastronomique A-Z.

Notes:

First published 1938 by Augé, Gillon, Hollier-Larousse, Moreau et Cie (Librairie Larousse), Paris.

Text translated by Nina Froud, Patience Gray, Maud Murdoch and Barbara Macrae Taylor.

"The First American Edition of the Encyclopedia of Food, Wine and Cookery. 8500 Recipes 1000 illustrations"--Dust jacket.

Edition statement from dust jacket.

Jacket design by William Metzig.

Illustrated lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1099-1101) and 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.

Kislak copy has dust jacket with protective transparent cover retained.

OCLC:

1614511083