(American) Elizabeth Grossman, ed. Specialties of the House: Great Recipes that Guests Ask For, Chosen from Eight of America's Most Admired and Popular Cookbooks. Religion and of course tacos galore—from

and of course tacos galore—from the wildly popular San Francisco restaurants and acclaimed Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market food stand

Written by culinary icon James Beard—the “Dean of American Gastronomy”—and featuring a wonderful variety of different types of bread—plain

About half the recipes are for pastries and sweets

which he completed just before he went off to war

all of these dishes can be made in a fraction of the time they usually take

(American) Elizabeth Grossman, ed. Specialties of the House: Great Recipes that Guests Ask For, Chosen from Eight of America's Most Admired and Popular Cookbooks. Religion and of course tacos galore—fromIllus. with drawings by John Alcorn. 6. 5x5", pictorial boards. First Edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, [1960]. A charming little book with wonderful illustrations, and recipes from James Beard's Fireside Cookbook, The Settlement Cookbook, and 6 others. Very good.