An edition of Two loaf-givers (1984)
Two loaf-givers
or a tour through the gastronomic libraries of Katherine Golden Bitting and Elizabeth Robins Pennell
By Leonard N. Beck
Publish Date
1984
Publisher
Library of Congress
Language
eng
Pages
223
Description:
Abstract: A history of gastronomy derived from information gleaned from the Bitting and Pennell gastronomic library collections, translating and interpreting the writings contained in these two collections. The second half of the text provides an ambitious interpretation of French gastronomic liter ature. Many illustrative anecdotes are presented throughout the text and a variety of historic prints are included.
subjects: Library resources, Bibliography, Gastronomy, European Cookery, Library, Library of Congress, Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Social conditions, Rare books, Sammlung, European Cooking, Cooking, Kochbuch, Libraries, History, Cooking, european, Europe, social conditions, Europe, bibliography
People: Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936), K. G. Bitting (1869-1937)
Places: Europe