Cooking with Curry, Florence Brobeck, 1952
"COOKING WITH CURRY"
Florence Brobeck, 1952
This little cookbook bills itself as "the first book ever published on curry dishes here or abroad." Indeed, my research shows only one very obscure cookbook that concentrates on curry dishes before this one -- an 1880's British rarity entitled "The Curry Cook's Assistant".
Brobeck allocates the first chapter to a basic history and composition of curry (which is not actually one spice, but a blend of as many as 50 ingredients) and discussing the finer points with several notable restaurant owners and chefs.
A world traveler, Brobeck's many best-selling cookbooks reflect her love of aromatic and ethnic cooking. She wrote a popular weekly column for the New York Times and was a contributing food writer to major publications, including the New Yorker and Good Housekeeping. Her book "Old Time Pickling and Spicing Recipes" is the subject of an earlier post.
Whether you are starting a collection of cookbooks about spices, or trying to capture all of the cookbooks by Brobeck before they are rediscovered, this is one to add to your collection.
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