(Pastry - French) Philippe Grospierre. Nouveau Traite de Biscuiterie et de Patisserie Industrielles Asia In revealing what Tsar Nicholas

In revealing what Tsar Nicholas II’s and Lenin’s favorite meals were

Spices are the fastest

whether you need to trim it

and this little gem shows why: Mellon (lettuce

It was designed to assist wine and liquor merchants and manufacturers in the "arts and mysteries" of imitating and reducing pure foreign brandies

(Pastry - French) Philippe Grospierre. Nouveau Traite de Biscuiterie et de Patisserie Industrielles Asia In revealing what Tsar NicholasPreface by Jean Noizet. Illus. from photographs. 9. 25x6", tan cloth lettered in red. First Edition. Paris: Editions Desforges, 1953. A treaty on making French cookies, breads and pastry on an industrial level in post war France, with descriptions of heavy machinery, formulas and recipes for making all kinds of baked goods on a large scale, a chapter on the variations of pains d'epices in Dijon vs. Paris, etc. A fascinating look at the mid century