C. Herman Senn — Chafing Dish and Casserole Cookery

London, The Food and Cookery Publishing Agency , 1905. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming chafing dish cookery book by culinary writer, Charles Herman Senn. The scarce first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding.This volume provides recipes involving a 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. Illustrated with in-text figures. Compiled by Charles Herman Senn, a prolific writer of over one hundred cookery titles. Classically trained, Senn was appointed the consulting chef to the National Training School for Cookery in 1892 and edited various magazines and books, including the 1906 edition of Mrs. Beeton's popular guide 'The Book of Household Management&apos. Arguably his most impressive project is 'The New Century Cookery Book', which contained over 3,000 recipes in later editions. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with pink damp stains to the front board and a few additional marks to the title label and rear board. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with an ownership bookplate to the front free endpaper and the odd spot. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .