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LA CUISINE ANGLO-AMERICAINE: Comprenant la Cuisine Anglaise, la Cuisine Americaine, Ave la patisserie de Cuisine et de Magasin, Les Desserts, Les Glaces, La Petite Roulangerie, Les Boissons Americaines, etc.
by Goy, Sylvain Claudius
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
1915. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fair. 1st edition. A Fair copy of this important culinary title. 8vo, 489 pp. Text in French. Bound in publishers brown cloth with titles in black. Top and bottom of spine show some rubbing as well as on the tips. front end paper and title page present but detached. Front hinge cracked. Last two pages present but detached. World Cat shows 11 copies. Rear hinge starting. A Fair copy of this SCARCE book. French baker Sylvain Claudius Goy wrote a recipe in 1915, that would cement the technique that remains at the heart of baking the modern croissant. His use of yeast differentiated his rolls from traditional puff pastry's and gave birth to the croissant of present day. The recipe in this book, page 272, is the first published example for a croissant.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24829
- Title
- LA CUISINE ANGLO-AMERICAINE
- Author
- Goy, Sylvain Claudius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- cooking, baking, chef, recipe, croissant, french, bakery,
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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