London: Purnell and Sons Ltd., 1965. Hardcover. 207 pages. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. A beautifully written cookbook - a classic, that should be read, sitting on a lawn chair while plotting your next meal. The food writer, Molly O'Neill said it best when she wrote: "Cooking wasn't a science to David; it was an art. Recipes today are created to be followed literally and slavishly, the culinary equivalent to paint-by-numbers. The recipes that David wrote nearly half a century ago are broad strokes on a canvas - she leaves the details to the cook, and for this reason, her recipes are neither dated nor dowdy, they are alive." David assists us as we sit in our favorite chair and explore every region in France. Dust wrapper and Illustrated throughout by John Minton. Ex-library stamp on front free end paper. Dust wrapper chipped at edges, with 3 cm. loss to head and foot of spine. Covered in protective mylar. Gray cloth covered boards. Good, in good dust wrapper. Item #3538

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