How To Cook A Rogue Elephant

Livingston, Peter Van Rensselaer

Published by Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1971

About this Item

Tan cloth with brown lettering and cover illustration. Light bump to corners. Small gouge mark to center of rear board which coincides with tear in jacket. Previous owner gift inscription to front enpaper, text is otherwise clean and white, no marks. Unclipped DJ with $10.95 price shows light soiling, minor edgewear, aforementioned tear to center of rear cover. "From the horse-and-hound country of Virginia to the rugged backwoods of northern Canada, from Morocco to upper New York State, this book represents the fruits of the author's travels: a banquet of more than 350 recipes collected over the years, now gathered into this challenging and instructive and highly entertaining autobiographical cookbook. Here are Basque dishes from Ouliat to Basque Cake with Plum Fool. Heavenly spaghetti recipes are included in the memory of a World War I Atlantic crossing in an Italian refugee ship. Crab Imperial Baltimore comes from the Maryland Jockey Club, and Seafood Crêpes, Boeuf au Poivre, and Peaches, Meuse River were inspired the Cordon Bleu trained chef of a country restaurant in Belgium" (from the jacket).

Seller Inventory # C82911

Bibliographic Details

• Title: How To Cook A Rogue Elephant
• Publisher: Little, Brown & Co., Boston
• Publication Date: 1971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Stated First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cook Books