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A Book of Mediterranean Food.
by DAVID, Elizabeth
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- Hardcover
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Macdonald, 1958. . Second edition; 8vo(210 x 140 mm); illustrations by John Minton, gift inscription to front free endpaper, dated 26.3.58; publisher's orange cloth (two minor spots to upper board), gilt lettering to spine on a brown ground, with the pictorial dust-jacket by John Minton, light rubbing to edges, spine slightly darkened, small closed tear to base of front panel, overall a superior copy to most.
Second edition of this influential cookbook, improved with revisions, in the original pictorial dustjacket.
Second edition of this influential cookbook, improved with revisions, in the original pictorial dustjacket.
Synopsis
Long acknowledged as the inspiration for such modern masters as Julia Child and Claudia Roden, A Book of Mediterranean Food is Elizabeth David's passionate mixture of recipes, culinary lore, and frank talk. In bleak postwar Great Britain, when basics were rationed and fresh food a fantasy, David set about to cheer herself —and her audience— up with dishes from the south of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and the Middle East. Some are sumptuous, many are simple, most are sublime.
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 108585
- Title
- A Book of Mediterranean Food.
- Author
- DAVID, Elizabeth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Macdonald, 1958.
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Shapero Rare Books
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About Shapero Rare Books
Specialising in rare books on Travel & Voyages, Natural History, Literature (including modern first editions), Children's Books, Guide Books, Judaica & Hebraica, titles of Russian interest, and Islamica.
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