(Vietnamese) Sodpic, ed. Petit Livre de Recettes de Cuisine: Sino-Vietnamiennes et Exotiques Civil Rights a scarce first edition

a scarce first edition

A visually delicious collection that offers extraordinary flavor combinations with recipes that are as striking to behold as they are delicious to eat

the famous green fairy had become the green peril

and contributions include Moravian bread

(Vietnamese) Sodpic, ed. Petit Livre de Recettes de Cuisine: Sino-Vietnamiennes et Exotiques Civil Rights a scarce first editionPrinted in red & black. White wrappers, glassine cover. First Edition. [Paris: Edition Sodpic, 1960]. A fascinating book of recipes from Vietnam and other far flung countries, many of whom were French colonies at the time. Published around the outset of the Vietnam War, this contains a descriptive glossary of French Vietnamese cuisine, with names in French and Vietnamese, and explanations about baguettes, beignets, bamboo, rice wine, abalone, tea