Morphy, Countess [Hincks, Marcelle Azra].

English Recipes – Including the Traditional Dishes of Scotland, Ireland & Wales. [Including loosely inserted a Recipe for “Danish Pastries” and “Savarin a la Pompadour”].

New York, Herbert Joseph Ltd. for Selfridge & Co. Limited, 1935. 13,5 cm x 21,5 cm. 224 pages. Modern Hardcover / Recently rebound in modern cloth with new endpapers. Bookblock firm but with some foxing and occasional staining. Otherwise in very good, now firm and restored condition.

Includes chapters about: English Breakfast / Poultry and Game / Pies and various Pastries / Sauces and Sundries / English Cheeses / English home-made wines /

Countess Morphy was the nom de plume adopted by the american-british food writer, christened Marcelle Azra Hincks. She was born in New Orleans, USA and as a girl came to England. According to UK census records she was 17 in 1891. Evidence of her early life is sparse, and confusing. In 1891 she was described in the census as a ’visitor born in the USA’ living at 30, Church Street, Kensington, with Mrs Louise Hinks (her mother) and half-siblings Lili and John Pemberton. The head of the household was Alfred de Cros, managing director of a mining corporation who was born in Ireland. The four servants living in the house indicate a comfortable middle-class existence. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: American Food Writer · American History – Rare · Catalogue Three – Literature by Women · Cooking · English · Food and Drink · Food and Drink – Rare · Gift Ideas Rare · Women as Food Writers
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 29889AB

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