The Mystery Chef's Own Cook Book
by The Mystery Chef (John MacPherson)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Lake Elsinore, California, United States
Item Price
A$27.71A$19.39
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About This Item
Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1943. Reprint. Hardcover. xviii, 366 pages. Index. The orginial dust jacket is chipped and age toned / soiled. Now in a clear archival cover. MacPherson He started on radio in the 1930s when he took over a program for a friend and soon began to share his love of cooking with his listening audience. His Mystery Chef radio program ran from 1932 to 1945, in the midst of the Great Depression. His cook book featured recipes for a limited budget and was a great success. Contents: Fundamental cooking information in concentrated and simplified form -- Eggs -- Biscuits, muffins and breads -- Griddle cakes, waffles, fritters, and pancakes -- Hors-d'uvres -- First course dishes -- Soups -- Fish -- Meats, chicken entrées -- Sauces for meats and vegetables -- Potatoes --Vegetables -- Famous national dishes of foreign countries -- Spaghetti, macaroni, noodles -- Salads and salad dressings -- Pies and pastry -- Puddings, shortcakes, custards and desserts -- Sauces for desserts -- Ice creams and frozen desserts -- Cakes -- Cake fillings and frostings -- Cookies -- Rarebits and cheese snacks --The preparation of dinners for dinner parties -- Coordinated recipes for the preparation of entire dinners -- Candy -- Canning and preserving -- Cooking tips. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- E Ridge fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9979
- Title
- The Mystery Chef's Own Cook Book
- Author
- The Mystery Chef (John MacPherson)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Blakiston Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Cooking - American, Great depression - cooking, Raido Chefs - cookbook, NBC early cooking shows, Television Cooking Shows - History of
- Bookseller catalogs
- History: United States; Cookery, Food & Drink;
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E Ridge fine Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.