What's Cooking Around Fort Lauderdale: Locating Selected Restaurants,Their Special Recipe, and Points of Interest in the 'Venice of America

Language: English

Published by janlee inc./Printmaster, Ft. Lauderdale, 1977

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Seller: Leaping Rabbit Books, FABA, Port Charlotte, FL, U.S.A.Leaping Rabbit Books, FABA

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Offering this rare vintage locally-published South Florida culinary collection, "What's Cooking Around Fort Lauderdale: Locating Selected Restaurants,Their Special Recipe, and Points of Interest in the 'Venice of America," selected and edited by Jan Raymond and Lee Cavanaugh. Ft. Lauderdale: janlee inc./Printmaster, Inc., 1977 copyright. ("3-30-78" is handwritten in ink at the bottom of the title page, possibly the actual printing date.) Plastic comb/spiral-bound with stiff cardboard covers, size about 9x7 inches, pp. 59 (plus blank pages). Includes Points of Interest (POI) in the city, a map of the POI, a list of the restaurants and a map with their locations, and numerous recipes. Hand-drawn illustrations, table of contents and a postscript also included. This cookbook is an incredible time capsule preserving the secret, signature recipes of landmark Fort Lauderdale dining establishments from a bygone era. Restaurants include Charcoal Pit, Dante's, Le Dome, Mai-Kai, 94th Aero Squadron, Raindancer, and many more iconic mid-century South Florida institutions! Overall condition is Very Good. The plastic comb/spiral binding is completely intact. Covers are square and mildly age toned, and there are two small sticker abrasions baords. The text block is clean, free of kitchen stains, and firmly attached to the spiral binding. Faint age-toning to pages, else clean and unmarked. A wonderful hard-to-find local Florida cookbook! [FL-1].…

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Title
What's Cooking Around Fort Lauderdale: Locating Selected Restaurants,Their Special Recipe, and Points of Interest in the 'Venice of America
Author
Raymond, Jan & Lee Cavanaugh
Publisher
janlee inc./Printmaster, Ft. Lauderdale
Publication year
1977
Condition
Very good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition
Item weight
2 pounds
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