[FRENCH] [PERIODICAL] LE POT-AU-FEU; Journal de Cuisine Pratique et D'Économie Domestique

Paris: 1907. Hardcover. Full year, bound together in attractive binding. Issues 1-24, with index. 384 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. Previoius owner's script on front title page. Two handwritten menus laid in. Pages lightly toned, boards lightly rubbed. 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. Very good. Item #3830

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