On July 26 we'll be going to the 6th annual Festival del Nopal in downtown Santa Cruz
for the amazing food, music and dancing!
http://www.festivaldelnopal.com/
From our collection of signed cookbooks: the great Diana Kennedy describes her technique for shaving the spines off nopales in her book "From My Mexican Kitchen, Techniques and Ingredients" (2003) which we currently offer a signed 1st edition copy on our website. Call for more information (831) 251-9218
Celebrate Bastille Day! I love to watch the Waiters Race or “Course des garçons de café“ where uniformed waiters carrying trays loaded with 3 glasses and a bottle of beer run five miles through the streets of Paris.
Here is the link to a previous year's Waiters Race on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRpkDxk9e28
Bonjour! This will be a collector's item and is an excellent reference for your collection!
(The 48pp. catalog is free, however there is a nominal s/h charge.)
- All items offered are subject to prior sale.
- Any item may be returned if not satisfied; please let us know ASAP.
- Libraries may receive deferred billing, please inquire.
- California residents will be charged appropriate sales tax.
- Items will be sent USPS Media Mail unless requested otherwise.
- Please ask about International shipping charges.
- Feel free to call us anytime, (831) 251-9218. If not here, please
leave a message & we will return your call promptly.
Best Wishes for a Happy Summer!
Liz Pollock
A sure-fire way to start a conversation, this cocktail Folio size book of stupendous photographs by Nathan Myhrvold and the team at The Cooking Lab will take you on a visual journey of raw food and food being cooked "really close up."
I personally attended this exhibit in San Jose, CA and this book is a knock-out production! The Photography of Modernist Cuisine. By Nathan Myhrvold. Bellevue, WA: The Cooking Lab, 2013. Heavy Folio size. 13.5" x 17". 300pp., with detailed description of the photographic process, list of contributors including Chris Hoover, Ryan Matthew Smith and Melissa Lehuta. Color pictorial bds., color pictorial endpapers.
Call to order (831) 251-9218
Horse's Neck. “Use a Tom Collins glass. Peel a lemon in one long string and place into the above glass with one end of the rind hanging over the side. Place 3 pieces of ice in the glass. Fill the glass with domestic or imported Ginger Ale and serve.”
(Cocktails) Recipes. St. Paul Bartenders Union Local 287. St. Paul, MN: N.d., (ca. 1930's). 12mo. 36pp., recipes, charts e.g. "Revenue Received From Sale of Spirituous Liquor", ads for Schenley Products such as Old Quaker Bourbon and imports such as Noilly Prat Vermouth and Dewar's White Label Scotch. Green illustrated stapled wraps., illustration is of a Bartender smiling while shaking a cocktail shaker. Tiny hole present through top portion for convenient string, some stains, covers rubbed, else Good. Includes "Hints for Bartenders" being 10 rules for cleanliness, paying dues on time, proper dress attire of white shirt plus four-in-hand tie, etc.
To order this item, www.cooksbookcase.com or call us (831) 251-9218Happy Easter! We offer many cookbooks with especially ambitious menus & elaborate descriptions of courses in sequence and detail. For example:
A Book of Good Dinners For My Friend, or “What to Have for Dinner” by Fannie Merritt Farmer (published in 1914).
the Cook’s Bookcase now offers:
The Classic Bar Towel, made just for your kitchen!
100% cotton, commercial grade, 38” x 30”, white, hemmed, lint free,
a multi-purpose flour sack towel = launders well & will last forever. Two for $18
We offer an interesting selection of collectible books on Wine & Viticulture…
Mostly in the French language, about the history of French wine…
Browse these titles www.cooksbookcase.com or call (831) 251-9218
Some highlights from our collection of books relating to food in Chinese culture include books by the wonderful Martin Yan:
Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking. 200 Traditional Recipes from 11 Chinatowns Around the World. 2002, 1st ed., inscribed; as always his recipes are so well-researched, with an extensive list of ingredients, or Chinese Pantry. Call to order (831) 251-9218 or visit www.cooksbookcase.com
the Cook’s Bookcase wishes all of the players - Good Luck!
Browse and shop online, www.cooksbookcase.com or schedule an appointment, (831) 251-9218!
