Cookbook, The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Italian, Jeff Smith, Reference Book, Recipes, Illustrated

Cookbook, The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Italian, Jeff Smith, Reference Book, Recipes, Illustrated

A wonderful hardcover cookbook called The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Italian: Recipes From The New and Old Worlds Simplified For The American Kitchen. Frugal Gourmet Jeff Smith entertains and informs with a cookbook that is also a journal for making perfect little gnocchi to brewing lemon-flavored olive oil. It has color photos and more than 350 recipes.

Jeffrey L. Smith (1939 – 2004) was the author of several cookbooks and the host of The Frugal Gourmet, a popular American cooking show. The show began in Tacoma, Washington, as Cooking Fish Creatively on the local PBS station KTPS (now KBTC), where it aired from 1973 to 1977. The show was then moved to WTTW in Chicago for seven years, and finally to KQED in San Francisco til 1997. From 1972 to 1983, Smith was also the owner and operator of the Chaplain's Pantry Restaurant and Gourmet Shop.

Size:
9½ inches in length
8¼ inches in width
542 pages
Published by William Morrow and Company, Inc -- 1993 Edition -- First Printing

This book is in Near Fine condition. The binding is in perfect condition. The book is clean with no rips or tears. Its dust cover is also in Near Fine condition.

Would make a great holiday gift idea for the person who loves to cook, new bride, or bride to be.

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