Au M Sing Compiler (2 results)
Published by Claire S. Davidstow, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1974
- Softcover
Seller: Godley Books, Hyde, United KingdomGodley Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 17.23
US$ 21.33 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to front cover adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 64pp. An excellent concise study of Chinese dining and the cooking methods used to produce their economical, nutritious, handsome to beho…ld and usually, low in caloies meals. Includes an introduction to Cantonese dining by EJ Ersek. Very scarce in the UK. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.25 x 7.5 inches. C. Le Roy Baldridge (illustrator).
Published by Reading, PA: Culinary Arts Press, 1936., 1936
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerDust jacket title: THE CHINESE COOK BOOK ADAPTED FOR THE AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE. 300 VERY FINE 'NUMBER ONE GOOD' RECIPES . . FIRST CLASS FOOD . . . TASTY-UNUSUAL . . . EAST TO PREPARE AT HOME WITH AN ESSAY BY CHARLES LAMB. 48 pages plus covers. Staple-bound booklet: H 23.25cm x L 15.5cm. Thin brown paper dust jacket edgeworn with so…me soiling and staining, tape repairs at spine head overlapping to panel corners and lengthwise along front flap fold, 2.5cm deep chip at front panel's lower left with jagged tear ascending another 6.5cm, shorter tear at front panel's bottom edge with chip at bottom right corner. Tan paper covers, mild crease at front panel's top right corner with short closed tear near top of fore-edge. Some staining to page 1. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy in a only good dust jacket. With Introduction by compiler/editor M. Sing Au, Introduction titled "A Dissertation on Roast Pig" by Charles Lamb, short essay "The Chinese Theater" by Alix Williamson, three other short unattributed essays, Index, and decorations (i.e. small inset illustrations) throughout by William Troutman. Text opens with section titled :The Nine-Course Dinner" followed by sections of recipes for Seasonings and Gravies, Noodles, Chop Suey, Duck, Rice, Soups, Shrimp, Pork, Fish, Beef, Chicken, Eggs, Vegetables, Bean Sprouts, Bean Curd-Tofu, Salads, Wun Tun, Rice Noodles, and Cakes and Sweets.
