Les Diners de Gala

New York: Felicie, 1973. First US edition. Hardcover. Fine with short gift inscription to front free endpaper; in very fine jacket. A remarkably crisp copy; unused. Nearly as new.. Folio in metallic gold color illus jacket; 322 pages: illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. Text in English. English translation of: Dîners De Gala. / "All the recipes in this cook book, never before published, have been elaborated with great precision by a "chef" wishing to remain in the most secret anonymity. Lasserre, Maxim's, la Tour d'Argent. Le Buffet de la gare de Lyon have graciously bestowed upon us some highly gastronomical recipes which make the renown of the French cuisine." / Contents: Les caprices pincés princiers (Exotic dishes) -- Les cannibalismes de l'automne (Eggs, sea food) -- Les suprêmes de malaises lilliputiens (First course) -- Les entre-plats sodomisés (Meats) -- Les spoutniks astiqués d'asticots statistiques (Snails, frogs) -- Les panaches panachés (Fish, shell fish) -- Les chairs monarchiques (Game, poultry) -- Les montres molles 1/2 sommeil (Pork) -- L'atavisme désoxyribonucléique (Vegetables) -- Les "je mange GALA" (Aphrodisiacs) -- Les pios nonoches (Sweets, desserts) -- Les délices petits martyrs (Hors-d'œuvre).¶

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