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FLOYD**, KEITH: : A FEAST OF FLOYD. [Author SIGNED copy.?]

LONDON.WILLIAM COLLINS SONS & CO LTD.,1989.

ISBN 0004112946.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's black ink double signatures - each with a part-filled wine glass doodle/cartoon,the first signature to half-title page with 'Best wishes' inscrptn,the second signature slightly bigger and believed to be a facsimile as it is identical to a similar but smaller facsimile signature to the acknowledgements at the rear - to the title-page and without inscrptn or dedication; and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white+green lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, generally sharp-cornered - top two corners minimally bumped/bruised,publisher's original,plain brown cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip and immaculate plain white eps. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,7-383pp [paginated] includes author's separate foreword and introduction,an Importance of Happy Shopping,Tools of the trade: Some suggestions and a note on measurements sections,14 chapters,profuse colour photographs of recipes/food (56pp in 7 blocks of 8pp apiece) interspersed throughout the text and the book,an index and a facsimile signature to foot of acknowledgements page.Plus [unpaginated] SIGNED half-title,facsimile SIGNED title page,and a contents list/table.Keith Floyd,born Dec,1943 - died Sept,2009.See also,my book ID rja636516 for Floyd's autobiography,published after his death. 'A Feast of Floyd' is his most complete and wide-ranging cookbook - the first to encompass more than a single culinary subject or region.It is also,in the words of the man himself,'personal,opinionated and biased!' He writes from unique experience,having cooked in his own restaurants in Britain and Provence and presented five award-winning BBC TV series on food. In this book Floyd adroitly combines flair and informality with the love and devotion to detail that good food deserves.He presents over 400 of his all-time favourite recipes - from childhood delights of Faggots and Peas and Mum's Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding,to far-flung feasts from India,China and Japan,and sophisticated dishes from the restaurants of his favourite chefs. A feast does not have to be grand: a wonderful Beef Stew or Fish Pie with Lemon Sauce can be as tasty as an extravagant banquet.Floyd gives the recipe for perfect Mushrooms on Toast.Yet his genuine enthusiasm for good food will equally encourage fellow gastronauts to rise to the challenge of Orange Bavarois in Chocolate Genoese Sponge. Throughout,Floyd handles the bain-marie with bonhomie.He introduces the book with a hilarious account of his early life and formative adventures.The recipes are enlivened by his typically irreverent comments,practical advice,and tips on what tipple to enjoy with which dish,plus amusing anecdotes of his exploits in the kitchen.All in all,it's a veritable feast of Floyd. Since April 2013,again in March 2015, and again this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight - just in excess of 1.3kg unpackaged - and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Best wishes Keith Floyd.

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