I have a rather interesting memoir/collection of notions of recipes that is quite enigmatic. Mary Ann Caws's Provençal Cooking is her account of her time in France and her friendship with the poet René Char, some of whose poems she translated from the French (published by Princeton U Press). In fact, she says that Provençal Cooking was "deeply influenced by the poetry of Provence itself, as well as the poetry of René Char." What does this have to do with The Busy Girls' Cookbook? Ms. Caws mentions it: "my preference for speed, informality, and spending time with the mountains [of Provence] or my guests may be a direct product of too heavy a reliance on one of my first loves in the kitchen, and which I still recommend wholeheartedly: The Busy Girl [sic] Cookbook." So of course I had to track it down. And I thought you'd like to see some of the suggestions/recipes/artwork/typeface used.
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erg; I posted these photos as extra large, thinking that it would be easier to read them, but of course the program cut them off. I couldn't see that in Compose mode. Plus I had a duplicate photo instead of another I meant to put up. Guess I was too eager to get a post out there. And I do love this little book.
Love the ideas on saving money. Not so sure about stopping for a smkoe between courses...
One of my best cookbooks is an old copy of Mrs Beeton dated 1911. It has all kinds of weird stuff in it like parrot pie.
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