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Cooking for Crowds: 40th Anniversary Edition
Merry E. White
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Description for Cooking for Crowds: 40th Anniversary Edition
Hardback. Shares all the ingenious tricks that the author learned as a young Harvard graduate student earning her way through school as a caterer to European scholars, heads of state, and cosmopolitans like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Num Pages: 216 pages, 94 halftones. BIC Classification: WBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 264 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 852.
When Cooking for Crowds was first published in 1974, home cooks in America were just waking up to the great foods the rest of the world was eating, from pesto and curries to Ukrainian pork and baklava. Now Merry White's indispensable classic is back in print for a new generation of readers to savor, and her international recipes are as crowd-pleasing as ever--whether you are hosting a large party numbering in the dozens, or a more intimate gathering of family and friends. In this delightful cookbook, White shares all the ingenious tricks she learned as a young Harvard graduate student ... Read more
When Cooking for Crowds was first published in 1974, home cooks in America were just waking up to the great foods the rest of the world was eating, from pesto and curries to Ukrainian pork and baklava. Now Merry White's indispensable classic is back in print for a new generation of readers to savor, and her international recipes are as crowd-pleasing as ever--whether you are hosting a large party numbering in the dozens, or a more intimate gathering of family and friends. In this delightful cookbook, White shares all the ingenious tricks she learned as a young Harvard graduate student ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
868g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691160368
SKU
V9780691160368
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About Merry E. White
Merry White is professor of anthropology at Boston University. Her books include Coffee Life in Japan and Noodles Galore. She teaches anthropology courses on food and social change, and has been a caterer, cookbook writer, and food journalist. She received Japan's prestigious Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, for her distinguished achievements in promoting Japanese culture. ... Read more
Reviews for Cooking for Crowds: 40th Anniversary Edition
"[Merry White's] book, made up of recipes she collected as the caterer for the Harvard Center for European Studies, suggested a new way of entertaining, with self-serve spanakopita, petite shrimp quiche and that savior of the anxious cook, the casserole that can be made a day ahead. Edward Koren's woolly illustrations set the tone: vegetables are our friends, and food ... Read more