Description and condition:

Pink boards hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 308 pp., index, b/w drawings.

Very good or better with nice bright clean pages throughout. In very good or better, protected, dustcover. Suitable as present.

Contents:

Illustrated by M.J. Mott. This is Jane Grigson's first book. It is an important work as it is the first dedicated to the French art of charcuterie: picnic guide to the charcutier's shop; charcuterie equipments; herbs and seasonings used in charcuterie sauces and relishes; terrines, pates cold and hot, and galantines; sausages and white puddings or boudins blancs; salt pork and hams; French pork cookery; extremities; the insides; the fat of the pig; blood and black puddings or boudins noirs