An Alphabet for Gourmets. Illustrated by Marvin Bileck.
New York: Viking Press, 1949. Octavo (21.5 x 15 cm.), 255 pages. Illustrated. Top edge red. Second printing. A gastronomic abecedarium (A is for eating Alone, B is for Bachelors, C is for Cautious, etc.), from the great American food writer. The author (1908-1992) writes in her subtle and very personal style of the pleasures of food and drink, and the sharing of these with friends and family... or as.....