James Beard’s American Cookery.
BEARD, James; Illustrations by Earl Thollander.
James Beard’s American Cookery.
"The secret of good cooking is, first, having a love of it" American Cookery; Signed by James Beard
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1972.
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Early printing of “the bible of American cooking” (Time). Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, Good Cooking! James Beard.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Illustrations by Earl Thollander. Jacket design by Elna Rapp. Jacket illustration by Mary Purcell.
The Washington Post has hailed American Cookery as "...his chef d'oeuvre...[it] should take a place on the narrow shelf reserved for major American culinary literature." And Time has called it "[t]he bible of American cooking by 'the king of gourmets'." "The beauty of this book is that it allows you . . . to experience firsthand what made James Beard special and unique. His voice can be heard through his no-nonsense recipes and the choices he made that celebrated even simple, humble dishes for what they were: good food" (Colicchio, 2010).
