(Cocktails) Baker, Charles H., Jr. The South American Gentleman's Companion: Volume I Being an Exotic Cookery Book, Volume II Being an Exotic Drinking Book. 2 vols. New Orleans Bookplate signed by Sonoko Sakai

Bookplate signed by Sonoko Sakai mounted inside

and chapters on dumplings

Before Katana Kitten

intro page with minor creases to upper left corner & irregular fading to lower half within portfolio sleeve

(Cocktails) Baker, Charles H., Jr. The South American Gentleman's Companion: Volume I Being an Exotic Cookery Book, Volume II Being an Exotic Drinking Book. 2 vols. New Orleans Bookplate signed by Sonoko SakaiBlue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slipcase. First Edition. NY: Crown Publishers, 1951. The scarcer follow up to Baker's 1946 set, The Gentleman's Companion, with South American food and drink like the tropical orchid cocktail, orange paradise cocktail, Bogota blackjack cocktail, baked giant smelts, coq du Barsac, lomitos de carne, etc. Written in prose, including recipes, with historical and cultural references and anecdotes. A touch of sunning to