"Recipes For Successful Dining" 1934 de WOLFE, Elsie

"Recipes For Successful Dining" 1934 de WOLFE, ElsieElsie de Wolfe (Lady Mendl)[177] pp. 1934 8 1 4" x 6 3 4"William Heinemann Ltd Provenance Bookplate: From the important cookery library collection of: Mrs. Thomas M. Scruggs (Ph. D.) & Margaret Cook of Kent, OH. Mrs. Scruggs who began assembling her distinguished cookbook collection in the 1940s and continued with her daughter, Margaret Cook, through 1960. Their collection included 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th century titles covering Early American,

Elsie de Wolfe (Lady Mendl)

[177] pp.

1934

8 1/4" x 6 3/4"

William Heinemann Ltd

Provenance/ Bookplate:

From the important cookery library collection of: Mrs. Thomas M. Scruggs (Ph.D.) & Margaret Cook of Kent, OH.
Mrs. Scruggs who began assembling her distinguished cookbook collection in the 1940’s and continued with her daughter, Margaret Cook, through 1960. Their collection included 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th century titles covering Early American, regional, and foreign cookbooks, etiquette manuals and recipe pamphlets.

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Elsie de Wolfe was known as a consummate hostess at her Paris apartment, and her advice includes recipes, menus, guest hand-holding, and table decor. Some of the recipes herein include grilled lobster in American sauce, Alsatian soup, smoked beef tongue in Cumberland sauce, kidneys Ali-Bab, hot sausage chapon fin, etc.