The Fireside Cook Book / A Complete Guide to Fine Cooking for Beginner and Expert Containing 1217 Recipes and Over 400 Color Pictures

Beard, James

Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1949

About this Item

There is a half-inch vertical tear to top of the spine cloth. Condition "good" with NO dust jacket. 1949 date to title page matches 1949 copyright date; NO printing or edition notice to said copyright page, which is correct for a Simon & Schuster first printing as per the publisher's statements of 1937 and 1947. In 1946, caterer, chef, and cooking instructor James Beard (1903-1985), who saw his mission as "defend(ing) the pleasure of real cooking and fresh ingredients against the assault of the Jell-O-mold people and the domestic scientists," appeared on a local television show in New York City with a fifteen-minute cooking lesson. That appearance led to a national show on NBC in 1946-1947, the first such program in television history. This is Beard's fourth -- but his first "general" -- cook book. (The 1982 reissue would contract the words "Cook Book" into "Cookbook" -- this is the 1949 original.) 322 pp. including Index. Reduced from $332.

Seller Inventory # 010298

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fireside Cook Book / A Complete Guide to Fine Cooking for Beginner and Expert Containing 1217 Recipes and Over 400 Color Pictures
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York
• Publication Date: 1949
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrations by Alice and Martin Provensen
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Gay Interest
  • Cookbooks, cuisine