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Full colour illustrations. Large quarto size: 29 cm x 23 cm x 3 cmAn easy to follow pictorial encyclopedia for every occasion. Unpaginated. 1086 entries. Colour throughout. Blue cloth cover with yellow lettering. Includes dust jacket featuring photos of dishes on a blue gingham tablecloth. "The perfect companion in the gay yet practical kitchen of the modern home".This book has seen plenty of use and the exterior is in well worn condition. The blue cloth covers show some soiling and yellow spotting but have minimal edge wear. Dust Jacket is worn with rips at edges and spine. Pages free from annotations and marks, some age related soiling. Please refer to photographs.Carefully packaged for immediate shipment from Sydney, Australia. Please note that this is a large heavy volume and will attract additional postage costs. I'm happy to provide a quote depending on your location.

This classic introduction to cake decorating is also a refresher course for the advanced decorator, touching on principles of general piping and ornamenting and including chapters on flowers and sprays, lace and embroidery work, flood work and crimper work. It includes plentiful illustrations of prize-winning exhibits created using these designs. Hardback, 128 pages. This book is in good condition with soiling and rubbing to boards, and some spotting to first and last few pages. No dust jacket.Carefully packaged for shipment from Sydney, Australia.

This is a 1972 edition of the original 1953 book. It contains a wealth of classic Jewish recipes for all courses, as well as handy tips and information. No dustjacket. Well used with a split at spine on front and rubbing and staining to cover. Page edges show brown marbles marks. Pages are good inside and it is free from highlighting and annotations (one short note in blue pen excepted). Please check photos.This is a large heavy volume and will attract additional postage costs.

A delightful cumulation of inspired recipes for the expert and the amateur, with an amusing narrative and taste-tingling, soul-stirring dishes. "Sheer gustatorial enchantment..."This paperback volume is an Ace reprint of the 1962 original and contains pieces previously published in various national magazines (USA) such as Vogue, Collier's and the Saturday Evening Post. 221 pages. It is in good condition with signs of wear including some soiling, scuffing and creasing to cover. Pages are tanned and there is a water stain across pages which becomes gradually fainter and disappears by page 55. Binding is firm and pages are free from notes and annotations.Carefully packaged for shipment from Sydney, Australia.

This slim volume has dark red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket.135 pages. Includes menus and recipes for every course, focusing on food that is economical and attractive, particularly important when first published in 1949. "The less food we have, the more important it is to cook it well". Boards have slight rub wear and marking with bending at bottom corners. Endpapers show brown markings from a previously fitted jacket, and remnants of a previous seller's price sticker and stamp. Also pencilled markings. Clear and bold text with firm binding. Boards have slight rub wear and marking with bending at bottom corners. Please see photos.Sent within 2 business days, carefully packaged, tracking available.

No. 5 in the Ure Smith Miniature Series, a compact volume of 72 pages. It includes suggestions for a range of menus to fit occasions such as A Dinner Party to Impress, Men's Dinner, Invitatons on Impulse and Some Picnic Meals. Printed on heavy paper with colour illustrations. It is in good used condition overall, with all pages intact. Binding is cracked at three quarters of the way through, pages 48-49 ( see photo). Cover has scuffing and wear at corners and the spine is loosened at the top edge, with tears to paper covers where they meet the spine. Ink stain on front cover (approximately 2 cm by 1 cm). White mark to back cover where surface has been worn away. Previous price marked in black ink on front flyleaf but no other notations or inscriptions. The pages are yellowed with scuffing along side edges, and there is a 3.5 cm tear at page 30. Text is clear. The author is a poet, university lecturer and music critic, as well as a distinguished cook and "civilised human being" who has created a book… Read More

This paperback volume contains inviting recipes for thrifty cooks, allowing you to use up all sorts of leftovers to create delicious dishes. Nostalgic and fun!In reasonable condition with signs of wear to cover such as creasing and small tears. Pages are tanned but free from markings and annotations. Small chip off spine. Please see photos.Carefully packaged for shipment from Sydney, Australia.

Part of the "Craft Series", this slim volume provides valuable advice for commercial cake production, as it was in the 1940's. Includes chapters on Small Things that Constitute the Whole, Block and Round Cakes, Special Lines, Pound and Small Cakes, Season Cakes an Seasonal Display, Costings and Policy.95 pages, 21 cm square. Published by Maclaren & Sons and printed by The Garden City Press at Letchworth, Herts., England.In very good condition given it age, with signs of wear to cover and tanning to pages. Title on cover and spine is faded. Binding is tight. Annotation inside back cover in blue ink, but otherwise free from markings.This is an undated volume, but presumably was published about 1940.

A selection of simple recipes from this acclaimed gourmet, restauranteur, stylist and wit. Collected from his out of print cookery classics. This edition is in good condition overall, with minor shelf wear and some brown spots. The jacket has small tears at edges.

This is the complete text of the original hardcover edition, featuring twelve complete menus for entertaining at home. "A brand new gospel for gourmet cooking..." Includes the ideal buffet dinner, a menu to impress gourmets, a festive winter menu, something for first time guests, and ideas when you feel like a splurge.This 1964 edition is in fair condition, with evidence of wear including soiling, creasing and some small tears at front edge of spine. Pages are all intact and free from annotations, although there is tanning throughout. Carefully packaged for immediate shipment from Sydney, Australia.

A culinary autobiography by an engaging author, full of memories, wonderful food, and accompanying recipes. Recalls the heady days before WWI, with trips from New York to Paris and Vienna to sample gastronomic delights, and the drama of the Prohibition years....In good condition. Jacket shows signs of wear withe small tears at edges. Please see photos.