THE FOOD OF ITALY and HOW TO PREPARE IT Two Books in on Volume by Knopf, Edwin H. & Mildred O. Knopf - 1964

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good- in Good- dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Slightly age-darkened/foxed endpapers. Contents are almost as new, with no writing or other entries on the text. DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. Very slight musty smell. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION, 1964. 8-1/2" Tall, 397pp + XIII pp index. Front cover has red, white, and green stripes with a colored illustration, green spine has a red panel with black lettering and a white border. Top edge is colored. COOKBOOK. THE FOOD OF ITALY was written by Edwin and HOW TO PREPARE IT was written by Mildred. "Mr. Knopf tells of his own discovery of 'good' Italian food, of his sojourns in the land from which it springs and among the people who create it. Mrs. Knopf puts into practice what her husband preaches; using the careful step-by-step technique she perfected in her earlier books, she shows exactly how the many delectable dishes he has described can be reproduced in American kitchens. " ... A few drawings in the text. .