Lady JayTee
Assistant Cook
I am now the proud new owner of all 27 of the Time-Life Foods of the World cookbook series (1967-1978) that I started in 1967 (I had two)! After divorce, remarriage (30 yrs now!), I decided to finish what I started years ago and began inquiring/collecting the used cookbooks as described above. Most were written by people who came from the countries described, or who were foreign emmisaries/dignitaries of various types. For example, Cooking of Japan was written by the Aide de camp of General Douglas Macarthur, Faubion Bowers during the postwar occupation. Close enough to the OLD traditions to make fascinating reading! Truly understanding the traditions and culture of cookbooks' various major countries makes for a wonderful eating experience. In today's culture, many of the older ways have dissappeared, but they still were VERY much alive in the 60's, ala Julia Child..... Who else has these wonderful books? I won a prize for Best dessert at our Yacht club annual dinner for my Cassata ala Siciliana (Sicilian wedding cake) which came from the Cooking of Italy (my first book of the two). I FINALLY understood about how to choose Wines and Spirits to go with my menus and exactly how Champagne and Beers and Spirits are made! Who would like to share their "World Travels" via these Cookbooks with me? Lets take a trip around the world and revive those old country recipes!
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