High Bonnet
by Jones, Idwal
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /Good--
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. A clean, crisp, first edition copy inscribed by the author; mild shelf wear. DJ in mylar cover; rubbing and mild foxing overall, edge wear includes small chips and tears . Near Fine. Cloth. 1945.
Synopsis
The chef's towering white toque, the high bonnet, is the mark of achievement to which every young sauce-stirrer aspires. Idwal Jones's urbane novel follows the young provincial Jean as he attempts to master culinary art at the hands of Paris's most distinguished chefs. Jean will win his high bonnet and the royal bearing that accompanies it - but not until he's had many outrageous adventures, in the kitchen and out. High Bonnet is a sly send-up of the seething politics, subtle artistry, and enslavement to the palate that constitute life behind the kitchen's swinging doors. First published in 1945 and out of print for more than four decades, High Bonnet will delight readers of Anthony Bourdain's bestselling Kitchen Confidential or of Ludwig Bemelmans's Hotel Splendide.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Maxwell's House of Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015517
- Title
- High Bonnet
- Author
- Jones, Idwal
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good--
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CORDON BLEU CHEF OF THE WINE AND FOOD SOCIETY LOS ANGELES GOURMET CUISINE COOKING FINE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE CHARLES PROTEUS STEINMETZ
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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