Aromas and Flavours of Past and Present - Alice B. Toklas
£60.00
TOKLAS, Alice B.
Aromas and Flavours of Past and Present.
First edition. 8vo. 219pp. Red cloth boards with illustrated dust wrapper. London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1959.
A very good copy with the price clipped from dust wrapper.
Beautiful collection of more than two hundred recipes by Toklas with an introduction by Poppy Cannon. The book is intended 'As much for the mind as for use in the kitchen'. Toklas sets out an array of dishes from the simple to the elaborate, such as a green herb mashed potato 'whirred to astonishing cloudlike softness', together with the authentic artichokes of Catherine de Medici, plus an entire chapter on cooking with champagne.
