Vachon's Book of Economical Soups and Entrees
by Joseph Vachon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Hotel Monthly Press, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. Vest-pocket size in stiff leatherette boards. Light wear at extremities. Previous owner's name on ffep, else internally clean. pp. 85, plus [8] advertising. 6.5 x 3.5 inches. 1903 soup and entree cookbook by chef Joseph N. Vachon (1860-1929), who was at the time employed at The Transit House in Chicago, a fine hotel owned by the Union Stock Yard and Transit Company. The hotel burned down in 1912. He followed with employment at two other historic hotels: 15 years at the New Harper Hotel in Rock Island and then for a few years at the LeClaire Hotel in Moline. Includes about fifty pages of entree recipes, followed by forty pages of soups and an index. Concludes with an eight-page catalog of cookbooks and hotelier guides published by the Hotel Monthly Press.
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- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014783
- Title
- Vachon's Book of Economical Soups and Entrees
- Author
- Joseph Vachon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Hotel Monthly Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1903
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- cookbook, cook book, cookery, Transit House, restaurant, chef, Union Stock Yards, New Harper Hotel, vintage, antique,
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