The Colony, Portrait of a Restaurant—and Its Famous Recipes, Signed
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[Signed] Brody, Iles. The Colony, Portrait of a Restaurant—and Its Famous Recipes. American Edition, Second Printing. Book is in very good condition; dust jacket is in good plus condition—covers show moderate wear, and jacket shows repaired tears, chipping, and a water stain affecting the spine and lower left front cover. Book is inscribed on the flyleaf, “To Dr. and Mrs. Folder, with deep affection, Iles Brody, 1945.”
There are many amusing bits of social history in the first section of this book about one of New York’s most missed restaurants. In one such passage, the Colony’s Socialist tendencies are exposed—waiters took diners’ bills to proprietor Gene Cavallero who would increase or decrease the total based upon his estimation of their wealth. The second section of the book contains the recipes for which the restaurant was known.
“The Colony is one of the few places in New York where I finish my vegetables; and more often than not, at other places I don’t even begin them.”
--Iles Brody
There are many amusing bits of social history in the first section of this book about one of New York’s most missed restaurants. In one such passage, the Colony’s Socialist tendencies are exposed—waiters took diners’ bills to proprietor Gene Cavallero who would increase or decrease the total based upon his estimation of their wealth. The second section of the book contains the recipes for which the restaurant was known.
“The Colony is one of the few places in New York where I finish my vegetables; and more often than not, at other places I don’t even begin them.”
--Iles Brody
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