by Mildred O. Knopf (Various Editions)
[from the forward] If you love good food, you can cook good food. If you love novel and interesting food, you can cook novel and interesting food.
The recipes in this book come from all over the world: from restaurants and hotels whose names are by-words throughout the epicurean world; from the files of hostesses, celebrated and obscure, who took pride in the reputations of their tables; from the penciled bits of pater found in the kitchens of private homes where cooks long ago, once upon a time, put their art above any other consideration; from the imaginings of friends; from my husband, whose talent for cooking still causes me to tremble when I remember what happened to my rationed butter in his eager hands throughout the unhappy years of the wr; from my young daughter, whose gastronomic experiments reveal a startling gift. In short, this is a collection of recipes from a group of remarkable gourmets compiled (and a number invented) by me for the timid gourmet who believes that only in expensive, high-toned restaurants, is fine food to be had.
VINTAGE
HARDCOVER (1950, eighth printing 1964) - FAIR CONDITION - REPAIRABLE CRACK IN FRONT COVER SPINE
PAPERBACK (1950/1984 REPRINT) - GOOD CONDITION - SOME CREASES ON PAPERBACK COVER