MADAME PRUNIER'S FISH COOKERY BOOK
Published by Hutchinson, London, 1967
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, CanadaJ. W. Mah
AbeBooks seller since October 30, 1997
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 21.09
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(UK) Third edition, 1967. No markings, very faint spot to the top edge of pages, Very Good used copy; lacking the dust jacket. Green cloth with gold spine titles, xxii, , 298pp, index. Full page B&W photos mostly of prepared dishes; B&W menu andfacsimile of lnote from Escoffier; B&W drawings of fish and seafood. These recipes were the work of Madame Prunier's father, Emile who died before he could publish a book based on his 25 years of research. The material was given to a collabortor, M. Michel Bouzy who published the book in France in 1929 (LES POISSONS, CRUSTACES ET COQUILLAGES, on which this present book is founded. There are 1000 recipes for all kinds of fish dishes which has made the restaurant name of PRUNIER famous in London and in Paris. The cooking sections starts of with a chapter on savoury butters and sauces, "the most important chapter in the book", and proceeds in an orderly quintessentially French manner to Soups, Fresh-water, and then Salt-water Fish, Shellfish, Turtles, Frogs, Snails, Some Prunier Specialties, and wine notes. The translation was done by Heath who as usual does a good job. (1.8 JM HOQ 101/a5 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- MADAME PRUNIER'S FISH COOKERY BOOK
- Author
- HEATH, Ambrose Editor; with Foreword By Madame S.B. Prunier
- Publisher
- Hutchinson, London
- Publication year
- 1967
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Lacking the Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- MEHEUT, Mathurin
- Edition
- Third Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- BIBX, British and European Cookbooks, Z ZZA
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JWMah is strictly an on-line Bookseller, and we been selling out-of-print, used and rare books on the Internet since 1997. Our stock consists of a good balance of fiction and non-fiction books in a wide range of subjects. We also sell classical LP records. Our Art books, Cookbooks, books on Food and Wine, Canadian Cookbooks, Canadiana, Travel and Exploration catalogues are worth a look. We are not set up for people to physically browse our books but we would be happy to send you a digital catalogue of the books that we have in your interest area. Please contact us by email at jwmah@telus.net. We examine each book that we sell and try our best to grade the books conservatively. We are strictly an internet business, so usually the books put up for sale are in stock. We try update our books every day or so in order that our listings are as fresh as possible. It is best to contact us by e-mail or by telephone to reserve a book, as some books sell quickly. We are located in Canada's westcoast and we ship internationally.…
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