Practical pan man's guide: containing the best recipes for the manufacture of Dragee and useful advices in general pan work. . . .

Published by Octave Grillon, 307 W. 24th St., [1911]., New York:, 1911

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12mo. 191, [1] pp. Numerous text illustrations, photo plates. Burgundy-coloured ribbed cloth, gilt lettering front cover & spine (minor spotting, edgewear, slight scuffing back cover), still VG copy. First edition of this very scarce candy making work detailing the processes for manufacturing the beloved French coated candies, Dragee, which many of us still eating a variation as M & M's. Other forms included coated almonds, decorative metallic balls, Dragees with gum drop centers, nougat centers, and many others. Grillon (b. 1865) was as an award-winning candy maker and foreman at a candy factory in New York who had immigrated from Beaugeney, France in 1907, and winner of the Culinary Exhibition Gold Medal in 1899 at Toulouse. Worldcat locates 2 copies (U of Chicago, Nat. Lib. of Scotland); See: Publisher's Weekly, Nov. 4, 1911, p. 1477.

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Title
Practical pan man's guide: containing the best recipes for the manufacture of Dragee and useful advices in general pan work. . . .
Author
[FOOD & DRINK -- CANDY] GRILLON, Octave.
Publisher
Octave Grillon, 307 W. 24th St., [1911]., New York:
Publication year
1911
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition
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