Description and condition: Red leatherette hardback, gilt titles, dustcover, 4to, 292pp, decorated EPs, index, colour illustrations. Very good, slight spotting to first 2 pages, else nice bright clean pages, with vibrant colour illustrations. In good, now protected, dustcover.
Contents: “This is a new kind of cook book. There has never been one like it in all the history of good eating. It pays attention to the look of food as well as to the preparation of it.” 600 practical recipes wonderfully illustrated with photos that appeared originally in Life magazine from 1951 to 1958, capturing the essence of the 1950s American way of life. A feast for eye and stomach. |