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The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook
Anne Willan
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Hardback. A collection of cookbooks and culinary images. It guides readers through European and early American cuisine. It illuminates culinary crosscurrents among the cuisines of England, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 150 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 281 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1172. Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook. Series: California Studies in Food & Culture. 344 pages, Illustrations. A collection of cookbooks and culinary images. It guides readers through European and early American cuisine. It illuminates culinary crosscurrents among the cuisines of England, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Dimension: 220 x 281 x 19. Weight: 1172.
This gorgeously illustrated volume began as notes on the collection of cookbooks and culinary images gathered by renowned cookbook author Anne Willan and her husband Mark Cherniavsky. From the spiced sauces of medieval times to the massive roasts and ragouts of Louis XIV's court to elegant eighteenth-century chilled desserts, "The Cookbook Library" draws from renowned cookbook author Anne Willan's and her husband Mark Cherniavsky's antiquarian cookbook library to guide readers through four centuries of European and early American cuisine. As the authors taste their way through the centuries, describing how each cookbook reflects its time, Willan illuminates culinary crosscurrents among ... Read more
This gorgeously illustrated volume began as notes on the collection of cookbooks and culinary images gathered by renowned cookbook author Anne Willan and her husband Mark Cherniavsky. From the spiced sauces of medieval times to the massive roasts and ragouts of Louis XIV's court to elegant eighteenth-century chilled desserts, "The Cookbook Library" draws from renowned cookbook author Anne Willan's and her husband Mark Cherniavsky's antiquarian cookbook library to guide readers through four centuries of European and early American cuisine. As the authors taste their way through the centuries, describing how each cookbook reflects its time, Willan illuminates culinary crosscurrents among ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Series
California Studies in Food and Culture
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520244009
SKU
V9780520244009
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About Anne Willan
Anne Willan, founder of La Varenne Cooking School, is the author of many cookbooks including the James Beard Award winner, The Country Cooking of France. Mark Cherniavsky has collected antiquarian cookbooks for more than fifty years. Kyri Claflin is coeditor of Writing Food History: A Global Perspective.
Reviews for The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook
"A wonderfully researched and beautifully illustrated work, "The Cookbook Library" is at once an engaging read and an invaluable resource for anyone passionate about food and food history." Los Angeles Times Book Review "A wonderfully researched and beautifully illustrated work ... an invaluable resource for anyone passionate about food and food history."
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