Description and condition: Pictorial cloth hardback, 12mo, 189pp, French and English index. Good copy only with soiled and chipped covers, light foxing to EPs, a few pages dog-eared, tiny tear to preface page, else nice clean pages. Contents: Not a manual of cookery, but a collection of cooking recipes used in most French households. "Concerning the use of stock in made dishes, vegetables, and soups, I may add that, in many cases, though not in all, Liegig's extract of meat, Bovril, or Maggi's extract, or any such extract may be used, more especially in the case of the soups know as Potages Maigres." |
