The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book; forward by M.F.K. Fisher
New York: Harper & Row, publishers, 1984. Rose, Sir Francis. Hardcover. 288 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. 30th anniversary reprint edition featuring a nine page forward by M.F.K. Fisher. Born is San Francisco in 1877, Toklas made her way to France after the 1906 Earthquake. Toklas arrived in Paris in 1907 and immediately met Gertrude Stein - they would spend the rest of Stein's life living and working together. In this Cookbook/Memoir, Toklas writes about French food with American sensibilities in mind - for instance, as an American, one substitutes ingredients when they are not on hand. Boards and interior clean and crisp. Dust wrapper lightly rubbed at head and tail of spine. Brown boards. Fine, in near fine dust wrapper. Item #3585
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