How to Cook a Wolf.
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1942. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight hardcover copy in a Near Fine, unclipped, lamenated dust jacket. No names or markings to the text. This is M.F.K. Fisher's guide to living happily even in trying times. First published during the Second World War in the days of ration cards, the book includes more than seventy recipes based on food staples and features sections such as "How to Keep Alive" and "How to Comfort Sorrow.".While How to Cook a Wolf is ostensibly a cookbook, it doubles as a primer in basic cooking techniques. For example, the chapter on soup, “How to Boil Water,” starts with the simplest task and progresses methodically: if you can boil water, you can make consommé; if you can make consommé, you can make onion soup; and so on, until you find yourself confidently preparing hearty vegetable soups. Fisher employs this progression throughout the book, with chapters like “How Not to Boil an Egg” (covering omelets, frittatas, and similar dishes) and “How to Rise Up Like New Bread” (naturally, breads). Her chapter titles alone will make you smile, with “How to Make a Pigeon Cry” standing out as a personal favorite. Item #28971
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