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2000ref. 229482000. Bourdain Anthony. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly 2000 a work by the beloved American chef documenting professional kitchen culture in late twentieth-century American restaurant life. Emerging from Bourdain's experience as a New York chef the book presents an account of culinary work that foregrounds hierarchy discipline and the lived realities of restaurant staff. The text situates cooking within a broader cultural framework addressing masculinity class and identity as expressed through the structure and practices of the professional kitchen and offering insight into the social composition of culinary labor forces including immigrant and working-class participants. Bourdain Anthony. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. New York: Bloomsbury 2000. First edition first printing. Octavo 312 pages. Original black cloth boards with silver spine lettering in original pictorial dust jacket featuring a photographic portrait of the author in chef's attire. The text is structured as a sequence of autobiographical and thematic chapters combining narrative accounts of the author's early culinary experiences professional advancement and personal challenges with commentary on restaurant operations. Content includes descriptions of kitchen hierarchy food preparation practices staff interactions and working conditions alongside discussions of menu development sourcing and service. The volume incorporates both narrative passages and direct commentary presenting detailed observations of restaurant environments and personnel. Published at the turn of the twenty-first century this work reflects a shift in food writing toward examination of labor production and professional culture rather than solely culinary aesthetics. The book contributed to broader public awareness of restaurant operations and the individuals involved in food production influencing subsequent media representations of chefs and kitchen work. It supports research into food studies labor history and cultural representations of the culinary industry. Light edge wear to boards and minor surface scuffing to dust jacket; binding tight; overall very good condition. A significant example of contemporary culinary writing documenting the internal culture of professional kitchens. unknown
2011ref. 1-160085303XTaunton Pr 2011. Paperback. New. 320 pages. 10.82x7.14x0.72 inches. Taunton Pr paperback
ref. 47912040-6Ediciones Universal. Used - Like New. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Ediciones Universal unknown
1919ref. 222921919. Gentile Maria. The Italian Cook Book: The Art of Eating Well 1919 documents the early transmission of Italian culinary practice into American domestic life following mass Italian immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Written in English with bilingual Italian headings the work presents Italian cuisine to an American readership at a moment when immigrant foodways were entering broader cultural circulation. As a female-authored cookbook produced in the immediate post-World War I period it identifies women's domestic labor as a central site for the preservation and adaptation of ethnic identity. The volume supports research into immigration history food studies and women's roles in shaping household economy and cultural continuity. Gentile Maria. The Italian Cook Book: The Art of Eating Well. Practical Recipes of the Italian Cuisine: Pastries Sweets Frozen Delicacies and Syrups. New York: Italian Book Co. 1919. First edition. Text in English with bilingual Italian headings. Single volume 92 pages. Bound in black pebbled boards with gilt title stamped to front cover 8vo. The book opens with a preface linking Italian domestic practice to wartime conditions stating that "the home of an Italian family. has proved more than once to be a model of food economy" and positions its recipes as "palatable healthy and economic." Contents include foundational dishes such as brodo polenta and risotti alongside pastries sweets and syrups reflecting both everyday sustenance and celebratory traditions. Recipes are written in a direct instructional style intended for practical household use. Published during a period when Italian cuisine was not yet fully integrated into mainstream American food culture this work contributes to the early documentation and dissemination of regional Italian cooking in the United States. The emphasis on frugality and efficiency reflects broader economic concerns of the postwar era while the inclusion of traditional dishes demonstrates the retention of cultural practices within immigrant households. Female authorship further situates the text within the gendered framework of domestic instruction and culinary authority in the early twentieth century. Spine replaced with black tape with text block intact and covers and pages clean; overall good to fair condition. This volume provides early evidence of Italian American culinary adaptation and the role of women in shaping American food culture. unknown
1969ref. 225261969. Women's History Cookbook Warren Mildred Evans. The Art of Southern Cooking: A Collection of New Traditional and Old Family Recipes. Garden City New York: Double Day and Company 1969. First edition. Illustrated with drawings by Rocco Negri. Bound in publisher's mustard-yellow cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial dust jacket. 274 pages. 8vo. Mildred Evans Warren a Mississippi-born and Georgia raised woman presents a carefully curated anthology of Southern cuisine through her American travels blending antebellum family recipes with modern mid-20th-century adaptations. Her work is notable for documenting culinary traditions rooted in the American South's agrarian heritage while also reflecting the postwar evolution of home cooking as processed goods refrigeration and changing lifestyles altered the way Southerners prepared their meals. Recipes are grouped by ingredient and course ranging from "Old Fashioned Plantation Dishes" and "Company Suppers" to seafood game and desserts including historical staples such as spoon bread Hoppin' John and pecan pie. Warren's prose is warm conversational and instructive often including anecdotal notes on the dishes' origins and family associations helping to preserve the cultural history embedded in Southern foodways. Light wear to jacket binding tight and pages clean. Overall very good condition. A desirable first edition of an important regional cookbook valuable both for its recipes and for its preservation of Southern culinary heritage during a period of significant cultural change. unknown
ref. 11640735-6Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
ref. 44028LONDON MACLAREN ND. SECOND EDITION QUARTO BLUE CLOTH AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS DAUGHTER. NO DATE BUT 1945 LONDON, MACLAREN, ND hardcover
ref. 44029PARIS LIBRAIRIE ENCYCLOPEDIQUE DE RORET 1851. NEW EDITION. HALF TITLE 8 FOLDING PLATES OF DISTILLATION CONTEMPORARY MARBLED BOARDS REBACKED IN HALF MOROCCO. 12mo. A VERY NICE COPY. SCARCE. PARIS, LIBRAIRIE ENCYCLOPEDIQUE DE RORET, 1851 hardcover
ref. 44034LONDON MILLAR 1789. NEW EDITION FINELY REBOUND BY IN FULL LEATHER NEW ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS RED/GILT LABEL. THREE FOLDING PLATES FRONTIS.OF RAFFALD. 384 pp INDEX. TIGHTLY BOUND. VERY GOOD HANDSOME COPY. SCARCE. LONDON, MILLAR, 1789 hardcover
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ref. 42994LONDON GRESHAM PUBLISHING CO. 1907. SIX VOLUMES COMPLETE. NEAR FINE COPIES IN GREEN BOARDS PROTECTED WITH GLASSERINE WRAPPERS.A PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC WORK FOR THE BAKING AND ALLIED TRADES. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LEADING SPECIALISTS AND TRADE EXPERTS. LONDON, GRESHAM PUBLISHING CO., 1907 hardcover
2008ref. 1-160085043XTaunton Pr 2008. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 384 pages. 11.25x8.75x1.25 inches. Taunton Pr hardcover
2009ref. 1-1600851339Taunton Pr 2009. Hardcover. New. 304 pages. 10.40x8.40x1.20 inches. Taunton Pr hardcover
ref. 43227NEW YORK HARPERCOLLINS 1998. FIRST US EDITION. A FINE COPY IN A FINE DUSTWRAP. A SIGNED COPY. DRAWINGS BY ROBERT SHEKTER RECIPES PANCHILA LLONA TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH BY MARGARET SAYERS PEDEN. NEW YORK, HARPERCOLLINS, 1998 unknown
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ref. 42634LONDON ALLEN LANE 1977. FIRST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP WHICH HAS A GLASSINE WRAP. LONDON, ALLEN LANE, 1977 unknown
ref. 42646LONDON THOMAS NELSON AND SONS LTD. 1938. A VERY GOOD SOFTBACK COPY PROTECTED WITH A GLASSINE SLEEVE. VERY SCARCE. LONDON, THOMAS NELSON AND SONS LTD., 1938 unknown
ref. 42785MICHIGAN JUNTO: A PRIVATE PRESS 1965. FIRST EDITION. A NEAR FINE COPY PROTECTED WITH A GLASSINE COVER. VERY SCARCE. 200 COPIES PRINTED. MICHIGAN, JUNTO: A PRIVATE PRESS, 1965 unknown
ref. 42945NORDHAUSEN AM HARZ HEINRICH KILLINGER VERLAGSGESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. 1954. QUARTO. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A GLASSINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. GERMAN TEXT AND WELL ILLUSTRATED. 600 KONDITOREIERZEUGNISSE UND WERDEGANGE AUF 20 MEHRFARBIGEN TAFELN UND IM TEXT ABGEBILET. A PASTRY MANUAL. NORDHAUSEN AM HARZ, HEINRICH KILLINGER, VERLAGSGESELLSCHAFT M.B.H., (1954) unknown
2009ref. 9780847831470Rizzoli 2009 Book. New. Hardcover. Rizzoli hardcover
2013ref. 1-073229780XHarperCollins 2013. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 271 pages. 9.25x8.25x1.00 inches. HarperCollins paperback
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