Reminiscence and Ravioli by Nika Standen - 1946 First Edition - Italian Food Memoir with Recipes geisha girls Stamped on back with pattern

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Fascinating on so many different levels (pun intended

she published A Wine Lover's Cook Book chock-full of recipes that featured wine as a key ingredient

Portrait of Frederick Theobald (with mustache) courtesy of the Wellcome Collection

Reminiscence and Ravioli by Nika Standen - 1946 First Edition - Italian Food Memoir with Recipes geisha girls Stamped on back with patternNo decisions of importance were made without the advice and consent of the women; their husbands and children obeyed them as watered down versions of the Virgin Mary; and altogether, they yielded a power over their men that would make any American businesswoman green with envy (an excerpt from Chapter 9, page 99) {HISTORY} The very best thing about Nika Standen Hazelton (1908 1992) and her cookbooks, apart from the wonderful recipes, is the way in