"The Complete Hostess" 1937 QUAGLINO, Giovanni
$450
QUAGLINO
INSCRIBED: by the author with my best wishes on half-title page
[272] pp.
Hamish Hamilton-Publisher
1937
Fourth Impression
8 1/8" x 5 5/8"
Decorations by Anna K Zinkeisen
*page 207 w/ vertical tear*
A wonderful and celebratory guide for the hostess of the 1930's., including a significant cocktail chapter. Quaglino was encouraged to offer his advice and recipes by Graves (1899-1971), a noted gastronome and gossip columnist whose adventures with Maugham, Wodehouse, Kipling and George Bernard Shaw included parties at Quaglino's, The Embassy Club, The Savoy, Ciro's, and Cafe de Paris. Quaglino came to London from Northern Italy, where he worked at The Savoy and later at The Sovrani, before opening his own eponymous spot there.
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