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1957-1960 Party Food and Drink & Jams, Preserves, and Pickles
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Description
Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
Two volumes. Written by Rosemary Ethel Hume, an English chef and writer who taught at Le Cordon Bleu cookery school in London, and co-devised coronation chicken in 1953. This set contains: Party Food and Drink, 1957. New and revised edition. An attractive and extremely useful book, intended to help people to simplify and enliven the party problem. Containing well-tested recipes for every occasion from hot black current punch to cherry and walnut salads, and more. Jams, Preserves, and Pickles, 1960. First edition. A guide to the principles of jam making, with clear instructions for making all sorts of jams and jellies. Includes additional information on pickles, chutneys, and other preserves from rhubarb and orange jam to pickled walnuts.
Condition
In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, smart with minor wear and light sunning to the extremities. The dust wrapper for Party Food and Drink has been price-clipped with Jams, Preserves, and Pickles remaining unclipped. Original dust wrappers are also smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Light sunning to the spine and extremities with sympathetic reinforcements made with tape to the internal side of Party Food and Drink. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers.
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