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[MENU] Nectar et Glouglou
Paris: POYET, c. 1930. Dransy. Cards. 30 x 23 cm. Folded illustrated Winter Wine menu featuring Nectar and Glouglou, Nicolas' famous delivery man and his son. Paper lightly toned, light wear to edges. More
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Chafing Dish Possibilities
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1914. Hardcover. 161 pages. 18 x 12 cm. The chafing dish, from the Old French chauffer, "to make warm", was a godsend to bachelors and bacheloretes who needed a quick and simple way to cook supper in cramped apartments. Chafing dishes were also popular with..... More
The French-Kosher Cookbook
New York: Galahad Books, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. 82 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Dedicated to the principle that a good cookbook doesn't have to be dull. Recipes include: Green Shmendrick Salad Avec Dressing Francaise, Meshugenuh Mumzer Matzoh Brei Mornay, Blintz Suzette á la Yentah, and many more. Owner's inscription..... More
Greek Cooking
New York: Harper & Row, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 196 pages, 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Greek cuisine delicately spiced and excellently organized in this cookbook by this former contributor to Gourmet and House & Garden - translated flawlessly for American tables. Interior crisp and clean, dust wrapper lightly toned with..... More
Kitchen Safari; A Gourmet's Tour of Africa
New York: Atheneum, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 274 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Over 250 delicious dishes from all Countries of Africa. Light water stain at head of text block. Dust wrapper lightly stained and chipped. In protective mylar cover. More
Swedish Food; 200 Selected Sedish Dishes, The Smörgåsbord, Traditional Party and Everyday Menus
Gothenburg, Sweden: Esselte, 1950. Third Edition. Hardcover. 151 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Illustrated throughout with black and white & color photos. Interior clean, pages lightly toned. Dust wrapper chipped. In protective mylar cover. More
Peter Pauper's Drink Book - A Guide to Drinks and Drinking; Illustrated by Ruth McCrea
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. 62 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Remarkable period graphics. Clean, crisp copy. More
The ABC of Canapés
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1953. McCrea, Ruth. First Edition. Hardcover. 62 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Delightful alphabet recipe book, each letter illustrated and with verse. Remarkable period graphics. Previous owner's stamp on front cover and first three pages. In protective mylar cover. More
The ABC of Chafing Dish Cookery
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1956. McCrea, Ruth. First Edition. Hardcover. 61 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Delightful alphabet recipe book, each letter illustrated and with verse. Remarkable period graphics. Clean copy. In protective mylar cover. More
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[BEER] [CYCLING] List of best European Cyclists; Cervezas DAMM
c. 1957. Loose_leaf. 16 x 17 cm. (Opened) Folding illustrated beer glass accompanied by a list of the 101 best European Cyclists, listed by their last name and their team - including (1) Jesús Loroño and (2) Miguel Poblet. Damm beer is from a Spanish brewery located in Barcelona. Clean..... More
A Notebook for the Wines of France; Introduction by Samuel Chamberlain
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 387 pages. 26 x 19 cm. "A Wine Diary or Cellar Book listing the nine hundred most important French wines and/or their vineyards, with space for the wine drinker's own records and notations. Including an introductory explanation of each of the..... More
American Wines; Illustrated by Julian Brazelton
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 312 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Written during the age when American Wines were at last "growing up" - Schoonmaker was one of the first American's to talk and write about the complexities of Domestic wine. Marvel was the former..... More
In Praise of Wine; and Certain Noble Spirits
New York: William Sloane Associates, 1959. First American Edition. Hardcover. 304 pages. 24 x 26 cm. An entertaining and informative history of drinking - from the honey, date and palm wines of the Greeks and Romans to the art of distillation and today's cocktail party. Waugh takes us with him..... More
Massee's Wine-Food Index; An Epicure's Handbook for International Dining
New York: Bramhall House, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 203 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. In the most practical and economical form, this ingenious handbook conveys a vast store of information about the world's great wines and foods. There are more than 11,000 entries on famed national and regional dishes, fine..... More
Oceans of Wine; Madeira and the Emergence of American Trade and Taste
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Hardcover. 632 pages. 24 x 16 cm. This innovative book examines how, between 1640 and 1815, the Portugese Madeira wine trade shaped the Atlantic world and American society. David Hancock painstakingly reconstructs the lives of producers, distributors, and consumers, as well as the economic..... More
The Juice; Vinous Veritas
New York: Vintage Books, 2013. First Edition. Paperback. 284 pages. 20.5 x 13 cm. A collection of essays on wine from Jay McInerney, winner of the M.F.K. Fisher Distingushed Writing Award and writer for the Wall Street Journal. Here, in his third collection of thirst-inducing essays, McInerney provides a master..... More
Wine and Society; the Social and Cultural Context of a Drink
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014. Hardcover. 358 pages. 24.5 x 16.5 cm. Wine & Society: the social and cultural context of a drink is the first book to examine the cultural forces which have shaped both how wine is made and the way in which it is consumed. Investigates the social context of..... More
How to Taste; A guide to enjoying wine - Revised & Updated
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2008. Hardcover. 208 pages. 22.5 x 17.5 cm. This fully revised and updated edition of How to Taste approaches wine tasting with an accessible and engaging style. Incorporating wines that are both easily obtainable and reasonably priced, Robinson's lessons are separated into complementary portions of..... More
An Ideal Wine; One Generation's Pursuit of Perfection and Profit in California
New York: HarperCollins, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 356 pages. 23.5 x 16.5 cm. In this lively, sweeping account that spans the early seventies to the present day, David Darlington employs a sharp journalistic eye to profile a group of wine pioneers. A tale of vision and disillusion, brinksmanship and pragmatism..... More
Wine Wars; The Curse of the Blue Nun, the Miracle of Two Buck Chuck, and the Revenge of the Terroirists
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2012. First Paperback. Paperback. 255 pages. 22.5 x 15.5 cm. Economist Mike Veseth, an authority on the global wine market, presents the main forces shaping the wine world today in a readable and comprehensive style. Informative on economic and social history, the current..... More
I Drink Therefore I am; A Philosopher's Guide to Wine
London: Bloomsbury, 2009. Paperback. 211 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Whether or not good for the body, Scruton argues, wine, drunk in the right frame of mind, is definitely good for the soul. And there is no better accompaniment to wine than philosophy. By thinking with wine, you can learn..... More
A Contemplation of Wine
London: Michael Joseph, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 232 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Allen, educated in the classics at Oxford, contends that a knowledge of, and a taste for the classics, contributes to the appreciation of wine. The book is divided into three parts. Part one is dedicated to three..... More
How to Love Wine; A memoir and manifesto
New York: William Morrow, 2014. First Paperback. Paperback. 278 pages. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. In How to Love Wine, New York Times wine critic Eric Asimov examines why the American wine culture produces anxiety and suggests how readers fearlessly develop a sense of discovery and wonder as they explore and..... More
Reflections of a Wine Merchant; On a lifetime in the vineyards and cellars of France and Italy
New York: North Point Press, 2009. First Paperback. Paperback. 257 pages. 21 x 14 cm. In Reflections of a Wine Merchant, Rosenthal shares the experience of learning his trade: the friendships, the adventures, and the challenge of convincing others to love what he loves. He introduces us to his growers..... More
The Wine Savant; A Guide to the New Wine Culture
New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 198 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. The Wine Savant takes a modern and dynamic approach to wine writing. Punchy, polemical, and brimming with insights to educate and entertain beginning wine drinkers and seasoned oenophiles alike, Michael Steinberger tramps through..... More