C. Herman Senn — Chafing Dish and Casserole Cookery

London, The Food and Cookery Publishing Agency , 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this chafing dish cook book from prolific culinary writer, Charles Herman Senn. The scarce first edition of this cookery book. Undated, dated from an identical copy held at the British Library.Charles Herman Senn (1862-1934) was a prolific writer of handy cooking books, including an extensive work titled 'The New Century Cookery Book', containing over 1,000 pages of useful information. This work details recipes that utilise the chafing dish, a metal cooking or serving pan on a stand with an alcohol burner holding a chafing fuel below it. Recipes include oyster fritters, rabbit en casserole and stewed beef with macaroni amongst many others. In the publisher's original cloth binding.  In the original cloth binding. Externally, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Chip to the front board bottom right corner. Fading to the spine and boards, with discolouration and handling marks to the front panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: Not stated. Good .