103 GIFTS Signed By Julia Child And Chefs Alice Waters And Jan Birnbaum 159CHILD, Julia. Cooking with Master Chefs. New York, 1993. Quarto, original glazed boards, dust jacket. $1200 First edition of Julia Child’s lively presentation of signature recipes from 16 famous contemporary chefs (a companion volume to her PBS series of the same name), signed by her and chefs Alice Waters and Jan Birnbaum. Julia Child’s Cooking with Master Chefs won high praise on publication as “a showcase for cooks in the untouchably revered class” (New York Times). Fine condition. “If There Is Any Real Sin In The Culinary Universe, It Is The Sin Of Snobbery” 160BOURDAIN, Anthony; MEIRELLES, Jose de; LAJAUNIE, Philippe. Anthony Bourdain’s Les Halles Cookbook. New York, 2004. Quarto, original boards, dust jacket. $2200 First edition of Bourdain's book detailing techniques of more than 100 recipes for fundamental French dishes, boldly inscribed: “To Elizabeth, cooks RULE!” with a kitchen knife drawn below the title. With an introduction by Bourdain and an essay detailing his relationship with the New York French brasserie-style restaurant Les Halles, where he first established himself as executive chef in 1998. Pages clean, upper edges with very faint toning, text block edge with small stain extending onto rear jacket flap; two small scuffs to front board, upper outer corner bumped. Dust jacket near-fine. An extremely good inscribed copy. “No Vin Ordinaire” 161DALÍ, Salvador. Dali: The Wines of Gala. New York, 1978. Folio, original pictorial cloth, dust jacket. $800 First edition in English of this extravagant, lavishly illustrated book of wines and famous vineyards created by Dalí in honor of his wife Gala. This “refreshing blend of art, fun, and information” combines Dalí’s art with the world’s greatest wines. With color plates and in-text photographs and illustrations on nearly every one of the 296 pages. First published a year earlier in a French edition. A fine copy.
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