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San Marino, CA 91108
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The spirit of grand' cuisine
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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"In this book, Elizabeth Gordon, former editor of House beautiful, gives the reader a broad view of the food lore and cooking principles of our western civilization. She traces the influence of trade, travel, colonization, climate, and religious taboos on the development of various cuisines over the centuries. In addition to 320 recipes, the book includes expert advice on reading foreign menus and ordering classic dishes of many countries."--Jacket.
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"The meat recipes included in the collection were awarded the grand prize in the National Meat Contest and the fish recipes were awarded the first prize in the New England Fish Contest. Most of the recipes in this collection have been awarded prizes in newspaper, magazine, and other contests."--P. v.
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Handwritten notes from a basic cooking class with recipes. First lesson on kitchen work, serving, table setting, abbreviations and table of measures is dated January 9, 1890. The final lesson in notebook is dated March 21, 1890.
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The author states the basic steps in making a soufflé, including tips on proper mixing, beating, folding, baking, and oven temperature control. She explains the general nature of a soufflé--how and why it rises, listing methods which assure even rising. Included are over two hundred recipes.
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"The 300 recipes contained in this book won individual prizes in a baking contecst conducted in twenty-seven newspapers ... these recipes are best suited to Town Crier Flour."--Page [2], first sequence.
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