TITLE FRENCH DOMESTIC COOKERY, COMBINING ELEGANCE WITH ECONOMY, DESCRIBING NEW CULINARY IMPLEMENTS AND PROCESSES; THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TABLE; INSTRUCTIONS FOR CARVING; FRENCH, GERMAN, POLISH, SPANISH, AND ITALIAN COOKERY: IN TWELVE HUNDRED RECEIPTS BESIDES A VARIETY OF NEW MODES OF KEEPING AND STORING PROVISIONS, DOMESTIC HINTS, ETC. MANAGEMENT OF WINE ETC.
Book Details + Condition: Harper & Brothers (New York, NY). First American English Edition, 1846. Very scarce. Hardcover. 340 pages; illustrated. First English adaptation of Louis-Eustache Audot's famously popular "La Cuisiniere de la Campagne et de la Ville", containing 1200 recipes from France, divided into chapters by type of food (soups, sauces, beef, pork, sea fish, fresh water fish, vegetables, eggs, confections, etc.), as well as from other European countries. The work was written entirely for the household, as opposed to professional chefs. Includes other kitchen tips, as well as wines. A firm copy of a very scarce culinary first edition, with tight binding; wear to boards; binding tape to spine; foxing throughout (some areas worse than others); old water stain on first few and last pages; interior is free of markings save owner information on front free endpaper.
