First Mojito Recipe, Cuban Cookery, Gastronomic Secrets of the Tropics, 1931 1st

Description: Cuban Cookery: Gastronomic Secrets of the Tropics, with an Appendix on Cuban Drinks Author: De Baralt, Blanche Z. 12mo. (5" x 7.25") 1931. De Baralt, Blanche Z. Havana: Editorial "Hermes". 150 pp. black cloth, red cover label printed in black. First Edition, First Printing. Arguably the first appearance of the Mojito-The Rum Cocktail (Cuban mojo), as well as a Cuban coffee recipe and long-forgotten cocktails such as the Mary Pickford, the Havana Yacht Club Cocktail, and the Cuban Manhattan (sub rum for whisky). Scarce, OCLC locates only 2 copies of this printing held by the University of Florida and the Kungliga Biblioteket in Sweden. Brownies recipe handwritten on receipt and laid in loose. Wear and tear to cloth, head and foot of spine chipped with small loss, front bottom corner chipped, pp.133/4 with chip to fore-edge and stains, pages faintly toned; overall, very good. Now protected in a Brodart cover. From Wiki: Jane Blanche Zacharie Hutchings de Baralt was an American-Cuban lecturer, writer and translator. She was the first woman to receive a degree in philosophy from the University of Havana and the first person to translate Rabindranath Tagore into Spanish. We are currently putting all 5000+ titles online, but if there is a specific title you are looking for, please reach out to sidekerbookseller at gmail.com, we may just have it! Free shipping via USPS for United State purchaser within the continental U.S., International shipping determined using USPS Priority Express, DHL, FedEx, or Parcel Monkey, Sonny Ideker Bookseller is located within City Antiques in Historic Roswell, Georgia at 700 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell, GA. 30076. We would love to have you visit, or email us at sidekerbookseller at gmail.com for specific wants or needs, thanks! Find Us On: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Sonny-Ideker-Bookseller-Rare-Antiquarian-Leather-Vellum-Bound-Books-100068669041560/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SonnyIdekerBookseller/about Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonny_ideker_bookseller Antique Books, Old Leather Book, Old Vellum Book, Decorative Binding, Antiquarian Book, Vintage decorative, Ancient Leather, Rare Books, Recipes Receipts, Cuban Food, Cuba Menu Drinks, Scarce Printing, First Printing, First Edition, Drink Recipes Flexible black cloth, red title label, First Edition, First Print, Cuban recipes, Cuba drinks, Decorative Books, Decorative Leather, Beautiful Decorative Book

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