Joseph Lewis
Seller Rating: 4
Location: Berkeley, CA
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0385066236 HARDBACK OUT-OF-PRINT, thus COLLECTIBLE! 1952 (Copyright date; Reprint year is 1978) [...] 0385066236 HARDBACK OUT-OF-PRINT, thus COLLECTIBLE! 1952 (Copyright date; Reprint year is 1978) Doubleday & Co (Publisher; Garden City, NY) BOOK CLUB HARDBACK; text clean/UNMARKED w/joker in library bookplate on front endpaper; no spills or stains; paper has light age-tanning, not browned; color jacket mild surface rubbing w/few minor scratches (mostly on back)/edge wear w/4 small mended tears, 1 little chip, + few tiny nicks; spine has normal reader usage, remains strong; NOT x-library; No remainder mark; 224 pages; many b+w illustrations plus introduction by Ludwig Bemelmans; 3 parts: "The Story of Luchow's" (20 pages); "How We Cook at Luchow's" (170 pages, 11 chapters/more than 200 recipes: Appetizers, 10 recipes; Soups, 13; Fish + Shellfish, 15; Poultry + Game Birds, 20; Meats + Game, 54; Cheese + Eggs, 4; Dumplings + Noodles, 7; Salads + Salad Dressings, 13; Vegetables, 22; Sauces, 20; Dessert, 27; recipes range from picked mushrooms to venison soup, fresh eel soup to fillets of sea bass sauteed w/white grapes, curry of lobster a findienne to roast stuffed Philadelphia capon, chicken paprika w/egg barley to pheasant w/pineapple kraut, boiled beef hash omelet to broiled deviled short ribs, raw meat lucullus to gypsy goulash w/spatzie, potato dumplings to Luchow's cold herb dressing, potato salad w/sour cream dressing to red cabbage w/apples, puree of lentils to Luchow's potato pancakes, leipziger allerlei to Luchow's vinaigrette sauce to mustard sauce, fruit fritters to raspberry pudding, cherry torte Black Forest style to Luchow's cheese cake, among many, many more; "The Wines, Beer, + Festivals at Luchow's or Down Where the Wurzburger Flows"; index; author biography w/photograph; wrap-around color cover illustration is "Luchow's Restaurant on a Sunday Evening" by Bemelmans; "more than a book of recipes...the next best thing to visiting the famous (NY) restaurant itself. Mitchell's fascinating + lovingly written history of Luchow's takes 1 through spacious dining rooms w/their works of art, stags' heads, fabulous collection of steins...filled w/candid anecdotes of famous Luchow devotees over the years...the recipes represent the 1st collection of authentic + purely German dishes to be published in US"; book interior is very good, jacket has bit of wear, overall good plus to very good collectible copy of 60-year-old out-of-print classic, important diners' + cooks' delight hardback.
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$39.38
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