Ambrose Heath — Vegetable Dishes and Salads

London, Faber & Faber , 1942 . Cloth. An exceptionally bright example of the second impression of Ambrose Heath's charming guide to cooking with seasonal vegetables. The second impression of this work, which was first published in 1938.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This cookery work, collected for the British Grower's Council, offers a wide range of simple yet inventive recipes that celebrate seasonal vegetables, with an emphasis on freshness and variety. The work of Ambrose Heath, a prolific British food writer and journalist, best known for his cookbooks in the 1930s and 1940s that promoted economical, seasonal, and wholesome home cooking.With the bookplate of Martin and Pamela Finch to the front free endpaper. They were antiquarian booksellers with an interest in antiquarian gastronomy. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with a touch of rubbing to back strip tail, and bookplate to front pastedown. Dust wrapper back strip and rear wrap age toned, with losses to back strip head and tail, and wrap tails. Tape repairs to reverse at these locations. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Good.