Joseph Vachon's Book of Economical Soups and Entrees 1903 Antique Cookbook ~ chef at The Transit House fine hotel in Chicago ~Vintage

Title: Vachon's Book of Economical Soups and Entrees

Author: Joseph Vachon

Description: Vest-pocket size in stiff leatherette boards. Light wear at extremities. Previous owner's name on ffep, else internally clean. pp. 85, plus [8] advertising. 6.5 x 3.5 inches.

1903 soup and entree cookbook by chef Joseph N. Vachon (1860-1929), who was at the time employed at The Transit House in Chicago, a fine hotel owned by the Union Stock Yard and Transit Company. The hotel burned down in 1912. He followed with employment at two other historic hotels: 15 years at the New Harper Hotel in Rock Island and then for a few years at the LeClaire Hotel in Moline.

Includes about fifty pages of entree recipes, followed by forty pages of soups and an index. Concludes with an eight-page catalog of cookbooks and hotelier guides published by the Hotel Monthly Press.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

Publisher: The Hotel Monthly Press
Place: Chicago
Year: 1903

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