"La Cuisine De France: The Modern French Cookbook" 1964 MAPIE, The Countess de Toulouse-Lautrec (SOLD) Bamboo

"La Cuisine De France: The Modern French Cookbook" 1964 MAPIE, The Countess de Toulouse-Lautrec (SOLD) BambooMAPIE, The Countess de Toulouse Lautrec [763] pp. The Orion Press 1964 10 1 4" x 8 1 8" VG VG This is quite probably the finest and most practical modern French cookbook written for Americans. It is the first collection of recipes in English by France's leading food editor, Mapie, the Countess de Toulouse Lautrec, the first book she has written expressly for the American housewife, demonstrating by means of 1500 remarkably clear and easy to follow

Family and early lifeBorn in Qingdao or Shanghai

especially in Sèvres

later British ambassador to France

the polo pony

a product of significance at a time when most radios were still running on batteries

9 1/2" x 7 3/4"

Art Sz: 23

strap buckle at side of canister slightly bent/

That following fall

Hand made in Italy

but subtle and quietly magnificent

The Curtis Publishing Company196013 1/2" x 10 3/4"