The International Cook Book

Over three thousand recipes from the man who cooked at Delmonico's — French sauces, Italian pastas, Indian curries and American pies, the whole eating world of 1906 in one volume.

About the Book

1906Published
Alexander FilippiniAuthor
3274Recipes

The International Cook Book (1906) is Alexander Filippini's world tour in recipes — more than three thousand of them, gathered over a career that included a quarter century at Delmonico's, the most famous restaurant in America. French technique anchors the book, but its range is the point: Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Indian and American dishes side by side, with a menu for every day of the year.

Filippini wrote for households that aspired to restaurant polish, and his curry powder — he notes with satisfaction — 'met with success surpassing all expectation.' The book was a standard wedding gift for a generation.

This digital edition presents the complete keyed text of the 1906 edition, one recipe to a page.

This site reproduces the complete text of the original 1906 edition, digitized page by page from the original printing. The book is in the public domain.

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