The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook

The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook

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Good food has a magic appeal. You may grow old, even ugly, but if you are a good cook, people will always find the path to your door. James Beard

{HISTORY}

One of America's most well-regarded men of the culinary arts, James Beard radiated a love for food and cooking throughout his whole entire life. He pioneered and extolled the eat fresh, eat local movement decades before it ever became a mainstream concept and educated multiple generations of up and coming chefs who became responsible for our modern foodscape's return to whole, local and organic food.

Infectious about teaching and encouraging the capabilities of home cooks, he wrote about what he knew and what he learned in his vast and interesting career that began in his mother's kitchen as a young boy and carried through to his adventures in catering, military canteen work, America's first televised cooking show (1946!) and finally as an food writer, lecturer and gastronomic expert.   The author of over a dozen cookbooks, he first published the James Beard Cookbook in 1959 as a basic primer for novice cooks and a refresher for experienced cooks. "Most cooking, even of elaborate dishes, is merely the combining of a number of very simple operations," he believed. He was determined to give home cooks the best information and instruction possible to lead them to culinary greatness just as he himself had done - through experience and practice. 

Originally The James Beard Cookbook was published in an economical paper back form in 1959. Considered his bestseller, it was revised in 1961, 1970, 1987 and 1996. This edition offered in the shop is the 1970 edition in hardcover and illustrated throughout by Luiz Woods. 

{SPECIAL FEATURES}

 - 1970 Book Club Edition

 - 544 pages

 - Contains recipes for all meals of the day 

- In addition to recipes also contains various charts and diagrams, as well as stories and advice about most recipes including techniques and procedures

- Illustrated throughout with drawings by Luiz Woods

- Contains original dust jacket

{CONDITION}

The dust jacket s a little chippy in some spots along the edges. The front end-paper is missing at the beginning of the book, which affects nothing since that was a blank page anyway. The book itself is in wonderful condition with bright, clean, unmarked pages and a tight spine.

{SIZE}

Measures 5.75" inches (width) x 8.5" inches (length) x 2" inches (thickness)

{WHY IT IS ESPECIALLY MARVELOUS}

The gift of confidence in the kitchen is one of the most glorious presents you can ever give yourself or someone else. James Beard is delighted to be the guide on that journey, of which you will never fall or stumble under his tutelage. His physical presence may no longer be in the world, as he died in 1985, but his spirit remains here in this book, championing your culinary efforts like the best of teachers and inspiring your food with every meal you make. 

 

The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook
The James Beard Cookbook - 1970 Book Club Edition - Classic Kitchen Cookbook