Finer Cooking: Dishes for

ISBN-13: 9780710310552 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 342 str.

X. M. Boulestin

Opis

A complete guide for the planning of fine meals, this volume instructs budding and experienced hostesses alike in the art of entertaining. The beautifully written and illustrated book contains chapters on parties, the duties of a hostess, Christmas meals, Lenten fare, exotic food, and Gothic parties. Vegetables, fish, pancakes, pastries, and drinks are each discussed in detail, and all recipes are carefully explained in a separate section. Users of the book will enjoy sampling such sumptuous dishes as BA(c)casse FlambA(c)e, Aubergines Napolitaine, and CrAapes Verlaine.

Spis treści

1. Parties 2. The Duties of a Hostess 3. Supper or Breakfast ? 4. The Hostess Cooks 5. Autumn Fare 6. Al Christmas-Time 7. Lenten Fare and Paschal Lamb 8. Shorter Meals 9. Exotic Food 10. Gothic Parties 11. Some Names of Dishes and Their Origjn 12. On Vegetables 13. Fishes from the Sea and the Rivers 14. On Pancakes 15. Variations on Viennese Pastry 16. Drinks for Parties 17. Cocktails or Sherry? 18. Menus

O autorze

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