(Mexican) Pardo, Alejandro. El Verdadero Practico: Manual para las Familias. Dairy woodcock a la Bacquaise

woodcock a la Bacquaise

Pictorial green cloth

with numerous color plates

Ehret's estate was worth $40 million dollars

The secret to success is developing a repertoire of family classics--simple

(Mexican) Pardo, Alejandro. El Verdadero Practico: Manual para las Familias. Dairy woodcock a la Bacquaise[2], 250 pp. (missing last page of index). Illus. from photographs, drawings, and ads for Mexican food companies. 16. 5x11. 5 cm (6x4"), cloth backed red boards lettered in gilt. Mxico: c. 1910. Rare early 20th century illustrated Mexican cookbook. The author mixes recipes of the European haute cuisine with the more traditional Mexican dishes; some recipes include: sopa de totopos o tortillas delgadas, huevos en molito, pollo risueo, flan, yemitas