F. Foucou; Paul Reboux — Quelques Recettes-Types de Cuisine Provenãâ§Ale
Paris, La Lithographie d'Art, c1929. Paperback. A very scarce collection of Provencal recipes by F. Foucou, colourfully illustrated throughout. Including a handwritten recipe by Elizabeth David. A very scarce work. Elizabeth David's own copy with a hand written recipe for gigot inserted. In the original French.In the original glassine.A collection of recipes of the Provence, including bouillabaisse, la langouste a l'Americaine, le vol au vent de la "mere daumas", les sardines aux epinards, la bourride, and more.With colour illustrations throughout.By F. Foucou, with a preface by Paul Reboux.Handwritten gigot recipe by Elizabeth David loosely inserted. Throughout her career, David influenced the revitalisation of home cookery in Britain, where she returned to after the Second World War, after travelling through France, Greece, and Egypt. She was horrified by the food served in post-war England, when rationing was still ongoing, and thus started her career with popularising foreign cuisines in Britain, publishing books on Mediterranean, French, and Italian cooking. Her recipes included ingredients that were scarcely available in Britain at the time, such as olive oil, basil, figs, and garlic, bringing new flavours to British cuisine. Her works include 'A Book of Mediterranean Food', 'French Country Cooking', and 'French Provincial Cooking&apos. In the original publisher's paper wraps, in the original glassine. Externally, worn, wraps are torn to the backstrip and almost detached from one another, textblock is detached from the wraps. Wraps are a touch age-toned and edge worn, with a few light handling marks and spots. Tidemarks to the rear wrap. Glassine is a little edg worn, mostly to the spine, with some chips. Glassine is age-toned with a few light marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only/Good.
