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Colette's Best Recipes: A book of French cookery

Author: Marie Jacques
ISBN #: B00085YI96
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
Publisher Location: Boston
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket
Pub Date: 1923
Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, previous owner's name else clean and unmarked; no jacket. A cook book ostensibly from a French cook who entered domestic service at 8 years of age and had cooked for 51 years at the time she set down her recipes with Marie Jacques who describes the style as "French 'cuisine de famille'; and that---like most other very good things and very good folks--is simplicity itself."--page 3. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!