Buy this book on-line Stern, Jane and Michael : American Gourmet : Classic Recipes, Deluxe Delights, Flamboyant Favorites, and Swank 'Company' Food from the '50s and '60sHarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1991 ISBN 0060167106
FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A highly unusual, interesting chronicling of American food tastes and habits of the 1950s and 1960s, the 'gourmania' craze and what prompted it, the culinary frenzy that finally petered out in the 1970s, the authors surveying the society and culture that spawned it all, presenting their views in a witty and astute style. Also contains countless actual recipes from these periods. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains bibliography, indexed, 286pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Near Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Stern, Jane and Michael : American Gourmet : Classic Recipes, Deluxe Delights, Flamboyant Favorites, and Swank 'Company' Food from the '50s and '60s. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, atlases, used books, livres d'occasion and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |