STANDING ROOM ONLY; A COOKBOOK FOR ENTERTAINING. [Cook book sponsored by the New Stage Theatre, Jackson, Mississippi with contribution by Eudora Welty.]
Welty, Eudora and Beth Henley (contributors). Barbara Austin (editor), Patti Carr Black and Jane Reid Petty (assistant editors). New Stage Theatre, Jackson, Mississippi.
Published by Jackson, MS: New Stage Theatre, July 1983.
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Second printing of the first edition. 380, [4] pages. Paperback; H 23cm x L 15.75cm. Blue paper covers in a white plastic comb-style binding; both covers rubbed with light scratches; bumping and wear at corners; light wear along front cover's fore-edge. One page Introduction by Beth Henley, winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Three page essay titled A NOTE ABOUT NEW STAGE by Eudora Welty, winner of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Literature as well as many other literary awards and honors. Features sections on beverages, appetizers, salads, soups, breads, vegetables, eggs, cheese, seafood, poultry, meats, pasta, Mexican dishes, desserts, and accompaniments as well as a buying guide and bar stocking advice for a party of fifty guests. Welty served as a board member for the New Stage Theatre for many years and a comic opera based on her novel THE PONDER HEART premiered at the Jackson, Mississippi playhouse in 1982. Welty's lighthearted essay reviews the history and personal reminiscences of the New Stage Theatre and its predecessor known as the Little Theatre. Bibliographer Noel Polk lists Welty's contribution as among her significant short non-fiction works; please refer to #C74 in Polk's EUDORA WELTY; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HER WORK. A very good- copy of a uncommon Welty item. {Gastronomy-Shelf#1}. Seller Inventory # CVA-00750
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Title: STANDING ROOM ONLY; A COOKBOOK FOR ...
Publisher: Jackson, MS: New Stage Theatre, July 1983.
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
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