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Folio Society, London, 2006. Fine Binding in mint condition. This copy is in a fine slipcase also in mint condition. Pages are clean, bright, tight, white and square encased neatly in green slip case in excellent condition. Decorations by John Minton are as per the first edition. Preface by Julian Barnes. Watercolours by Sophie MacCarthy.Elizabeth David's influence on culinary tastes and attitudes was nothing short of revolutionary, bringing the warmth, aromas and tastes of the Mediterranean into Britain s bleak post-war kitchen.Weight 1.1kg

Hardcover. 1st Edition.Condition: NF. Unclipped Dust Jacket Condition: NF. D/J protected by a clear removable sleeve. Cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Overall a very nice copy.Gastronomy is a wonderful starting point to study France and the French. As the retired school master from Provence says, "The religion of France is food. And wine, of course." And they put their money where their mouth is, spending a greater proportion of their income on food and drink than any other nation in the world. Literally hundreds of gastronomic fairs and festivals take place throughout the year all over France - a frog fair, an hommage to the sausage, to the turnip, to the quiche and the noble Camembert. What kind of person is a snail-fancier? Is there a brotherhood of sausage connoisseurs? How can you devote an entire weekend to the French fry? Peter Mayle finds out and brings to life the people who can get passionate about a frog's leg or a well-turned omelette. Over ten years ago he transformed our… Read More

Hardcover. VG+ Condition: Dust Jacket VG+ Condition in Mylar protective covering: Good. Photographic and Illustrations (illustrator). 9-400 pages, foreword by authors and list of coloured plates. Bright yellow coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white illustrations and full-page, full-colour photographs (some double page) throughout. Light blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Pink coloured tint to the top text block edge. Colour photographic dustwrapper with black titles to the front panel and backstrip. A little creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper top edge. No markings or rubbings. A book about cooking and all things gastronomical listed alphabetically.

London: Folio Society, 2007 4to Pictorial Cloth 1st Ed. Fine copy in slip case. Heavyset illustrated boards, a fine clean sound unmarked copy with an olive green plain slipcase also sound & unmarked; A later revised edition of book first published in 1973. 416 pages with index fully illust. with b/w & colour illustrations and maps throughout. Explores the history and development of food through the centuries.For larger or multi-volume items additional shipping charges may be necessary.

Hardcover in orange illustratred laminate boards, in matching glossy jacket protected in Mylar covering. Full-page color photos throughout with facing recipes and Index. Book and jacket as new: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked.

Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. First Printing. Ivory/light blue/light green pictorial spine with red and blue text. Near Fine Dust jacket in protective Mylar covering.

A Fine copy. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine in protective mylar. No markings or rubbings. Printed on acid free paper with purple end-pages. This culinary milestone has been hailed as a masterpiece, a classic, and the first and last word on eastern Mediterranean cooking. A welcome blend of scholarship and entertaining reading, this revelatory work features a wide range of authentic, clearly written recipes, many personal reminiscences, impressive culinary history, valuable information on ingredients, meals, and traditions, stunning period illustrations, and much more.

Illustrated text with diagrams and includes table of contents and index. An original copy in excellent condition with a tight and square binding and green boards with gold lettering green marbled endpapers and page edges.

Hardcover. Very Good+ 1st Edition. 1st Impression, Clipped Dust Jacket with minor wear : D/J protected by a clear removable sleeve. Cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Overall a very nice copy.
A gastronomic, historic, and photographic guide to Rome, with selected recipes." Drawings by the author & black-and-white photos by her husband throughout.

Signed by author to previous owner. First Hardback Edition in unclipped dust jacket with protective acid free sleeve. As new. Decorated endpapers and fore edge. Bound-in placekeeping ribbon.For larger or multi-volume items additional shipping charges may be necessary.

Stephanie Alexander's facsimile signature on title page. Illustrated and colour photography. There are detailed instructions on the numerous recipes, a bibliography and an index. "A passionate book of adventure and invention, a travel-cookery book in which French, Italian, Oriental influences and others are fused into a highly personal expression; the flavours and shapes of the food are often unusual and surprising, but fancy is always ruled by common sense and native refinement." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. X, 306 pages. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; ISBN: 0043202071. ISBN/EAN: 9780043202074.Weight 1.2kg