From the most elegant and witty entertaining and cooking personality, Lee Bailey’s perfectly curated collection of soup recipes for all seasons, along with plenty of accompaniments and serving tips. Potato and Celery Root Soup with Tomato Aspic and Crabmeat Salad; Steak and Mushroom Soup with Caviar Baked Potatoes; Lentil, Fennel, and Cress Soup with Scotch Unkneaded Bread; each one more appetizing than the last, with appetizers, salads, sandwiches, and desserts to round out the meal. There is also a gorgeous photo gallery of recommended cooking tools and table settings drawn from Bailey’s beloved home stores at Henri Bendel and Saks Fifth Avenue in the 1980s. This first edition, first printing, is in great condition with minor shelf wear to cover but otherwise bright and crisp.

Clarkson Potter, 1989

8.8” X 11” and approx 172 pages