[FRENCH] [PERIODICAL] LE POT-AU-FEU; Journal de Cuisine Pratique et D'Économie Domestique - Premiére Année No 1 - 17

Paris: Saint-Ange Ébrard, 1893. Hardcover. Complete First Year, bound together in attractive binding. Issues 1-17, with index. 270 pages. 26 x 20 cm. Published in Paris from 1893-1956. This French biweekly cooking journal targeted young women who had "recently completed their education", as well as "bourgeois" housewives, and educational establishments in need of domestic economy courses. Each issue begins with a cooking lesson written by a professional chef. It might also include weekly menu suggestions, weekly prices of market items such as fish, beef, vegetables, cheese, and fruit from the major Paris markets, short articles, and of course recipes. The lessons and recipes are above and beyond anything, in terms of sophistication, we now see in cooking magazines. Pages lightly toned, boards corners very lightly rubbed, otherwise pristine. Text in French. Bookplate states: This book is a gift from THE SONTHEIMER FOUNDATION Greenwich, Connecticut. Maroon marbled boards, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Near fine. Item #3827

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