The Bachelor and the Chafing Dish. With a Dissertation on Chums. Containing some valuable recipes gathered from fascinating sources in cookery - triumphs of well-known bon vivants in clubs, yachting circles, army and navy, and the dreams of fair women - Heaven Bless 'Em!
New York / Chicago: F. Tennyson Neely, 1896. Octavo (19.3 x 13 cm.), 141, [5] pages. Advertisements. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. An early example of a cookbook written solely for men outside of the culinary profession. An amusing mixture of recipe collection and narrative stories illustrating the fine life a gentleman can lead with only a chafing dish for cooking. Welch was a literary and theater critic and a regular contributor.....