HIGH BONNET.
by Jones, Idwal
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dj
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Prentice Hall, New York, 1945., 1945. Hardcover. Good/No Dj. 12 mo., hardcover, some foxing and darkening to pages else VG in burgundy boards. No dj. First edition, 1945. 184pp. A novel of epicurean adventure and a picaresque romance of gastronomy set in France before World War II. Born in Wales and reared on the east coast, Idwal Jones (1887-1964) came to California in 1911 where he worked as a journalist for the Hearst newspapers in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. He wrote several novels set in California, the best known of which is "The Vineyard" (1942)
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
- bookwitch
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66020
- Title
- HIGH BONNET.
- Author
- Jones, Idwal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall, New York, 1945.
- Date Published
- 1945
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