The Fireside Cook Book; A Complete Guide to Fine Cooking for Beginner and Expert Containing 1217 Recipes and Over 400 Color Pictures
1949. Provensen, Alice and Martin. Hardcover. 322 pages. James Beard." Beard's culinary awakening started as a young child: "The Beard family household in Portland, Oregon, centered around a flourishing kitchen, which functioned with the seasons: in the spring, mammoth with asparagus was canned, and in the summer, fruits of all varieties; in the fall, mincemeat was made for the holidays. Almost daily, the aroma of fresh baking filled the air...Each summer the Beards moved to the Oregon seaside, where the bountiful Pacific provisioned their table with incomparable Dungeness crab, razor clams, and Olympia oysters." Illustrated throughout with fun period graphics. Boards heavily rubbed at spine. Hinges cracked but holding, reinforced with archival tape. Cut out recipes laid in. Brown color illustrated cloth covered boards. Good. Item #3900
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