Renouf, Ethel.

The Black Whale Cook Book. Fine Old Recipes form the Gaspe Coast, Going Back to Pioneer Days.

Perce, Gaspe County P.Q. / Montreal: The Black Whale, 1948.

Octavo, 64 pages. First edition. illustrated with woodcuts by V.C. Wynn Edwards, Andre Bieler, and Irene Tuzo. A wonderful small community cookbook from the famous handicrafts shop of provincial Quebec, with recipes from Braised Moose to Perdrix au Choux (partridge with cabbage). Some light wear to corners, but generally very good in publisher's black-printed red wrappers.

This whale's liver was two cart-loads

Price: $50.00