Foreward by M.F. K. Fisher. "A book of character, fine food, and tasty human observation." Janet Flanner, The New Yorker. 288 pages with Index of Recipes. The book is in very good condition with clean and tight pages. ISBN sticker on back cover, otherwise good.

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Title: The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook (The Cook's Classic Library)
Publisher: Lyons Press
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1558217541
ISBN 13: 9781558217546
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Presents a collection of anecdotes and recipes from meals shared in Paris with such friends as Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, and Thornton Wilder

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Alice B. Toklas's first collection, originally published in 1954, is chock-full of stories of meals shared with such famous friends as Thornton Wilder, Pablo Picasso, and Ernest Hemingway: a rich mixture of food and friends, menus and memories. Herein are fascinating memories of wartime in Paris - the city that Toklas called home for most of her life - Spain, rural France, and America. (6 X 9, 304 pages, illustrations)

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