A la Rector. A miscellany of cooking recipes assembled with great diligence. . . including the magnificent formula for his celebrated onion soup. . . . .
193362385New York: Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. 1933. 8vo. 110 2 pp. Illust. title in red & black numerous text illustrations in red & black by Fred Breen. Colour-illustrated boards cover art by Breen minor scuffing edgewear minor wear to spine slight bumping to couple corners still VG copy signed by Rector on the Carte du Jour page from the libraries of Shirley Clemenson Daniel & Eleanore Weinstock w/ bookplate on ffep. First edition signed of this excellent collection of recipes on French cooking by Chef George Rector used by the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. as a promotional book during the 1933 Century of Progress World’s Fair in Chicago. 1878-1947 was a restauranter and food authority who began his career with Parisian Restaurants son of Charles Rector who had opened the famed Oyster House in 1884 in Chicago and operated the Rector’s Marine Restaurant at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. George Rector published the year after this his “Dine at home with Rector†with subtitle “A Book on What Men Like Why They Like It and How to Cook It†and was columnist for A&P’s radio program as well as their radio program for CBS. Scarce to find in nice condition and signed. See: Jan Whitaker Anatomy of a Restaurateur: George Rector Restaurant-ing through History 2018. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., hardcover
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