Antique French Cookbook, La Cuisinière Cordon Bleu de la Famille — Annette Lucas, c. 1900
Written by Annette Lucas, La Cuisinière Cordon Bleu de la Famille is an extensive French household cookbook filled with recipes, techniques and advice for the home cook. With more than 500 pages and 220 illustrations, it offers a fascinating glimpse into the French kitchen at the beginning of the 20th century.
The charming illustrated cover depicts a French cook tasting something from her saucepan—a scene that feels just as at home in a kitchen today as it would have more than a century ago.
This is an especially lovely piece for a collector of antique French books, a Francophile kitchen, or displayed open on a cookbook stand.
Please note the condition: This book has lived a long life and shows it. Pages are deeply age-toned, with wear, spotting, tears and other signs of age. There is significant damage and paper loss to the title page, and the binding shows considerable wear. Please look carefully at all photographs, as they form an important part of the condition description.
I consider these imperfections part of the history and character of this remarkable old French cookbook.
Details
- La Cuisinière Cordon Bleu de la Famille
- By Annette Lucas
- French language
- More than 500 pages
- Illustrated with 220 figures
- Early 20th century; circa 1900s
- Published in Paris
- Antique condition with substantial age-related wear
A beautiful survivor from the French kitchen of another era.
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