by Bob Ross » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:04 pm
I went to look up "Fork" as you suggested and found a clipping from the Times about Christmas books. My book seller's note says: "Santitized for Xmas?!"
As you say, reviews were very positive; this review is actually still on line:
FLORENCE FABRICANT; FLORENCE FABRICANT, WHO WRITES THE FOOD NOTES COLUMN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, IS THE AUTHOR OF ''FLORENCE FABRICANT'S PLEASURES OF THE TABLE.''
Published: December 4, 1988
LEAD: Like any well-chosen guest, a book about food or drink should be thoughtfully selected. Whether the cook's taste is exotic or home-style, highly technical or rather haphazard, there are outstanding choices this season, ranging from lavish oversize volumes to stocking stuffers. *
Like any well-chosen guest, a book about food or drink should be thoughtfully selected. Whether the cook's taste is exotic or home-style, highly technical or rather haphazard, there are outstanding choices this season, ranging from lavish oversize volumes to stocking stuffers. *
For the serious and scholarly cook, there is no better holiday gift choice than LAROUSSE GASTRONOMIQUE: The New American Edition of the World's Greatest Culinary Encyclopedia, edited by Jenifer Harvey Lang (illustrated, 1,193 pp., Crown, $50). The encyclopedic volume, which contains more than 4,000 entries, is an adaptation for English-language readers of the 1984 revision of a classic cooking text. In this compendium of food history, reference notes and recipes, which now contains color photographs and illustrations, there is an emphasis on the French point of view. *
I would guess I bought the book in the spring of 1989 based on other things going on then.
Brings back a nice personal memory of a good retailer; I used to stop by on my way down/up to the Strand. Thanks for the memory.
Regards, Bob