PRACTICAL COOKING and DINNER GIVING; A Treatise Containing Practical Instructions in Cooking; In the Combination and Serving of Dishes; and In the Fashionable Modes of Entertaining at Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880. Hardcover. 376 pages. 19 x 13.5 cm. An in-depth cookbook filled with a variety of recipes that were all the rage at the time, including Lobster Chops - cooked lobster, set in a custard and shaped as a "chop". Another couple of rather lovely recipes - PineApple Ice-Cream Pudding and German Steamer Baked Ice-Cream (looks like an early version of Baked Alaska) & some divine Punchs. Illustrated throughout. Handwritten remedies laid in. Interior light foxing in some spots. Covers rubbed. Various owner's inscriptions on front free end papers. [BITTING 223 - early edition] [BROWN 2409]. Bookplate states: This book is a gift from THE SONTHEIMER FOUNDATION Greenwich, Connecticut. Green boards illustrated in gilt. Good. Item #3806
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