Victorian Cakes
Caroline B. King. Holiday House, $9.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-62311-1
Helped by restaurant reviewer Charles Perry, restaurant owner Alicia Rios, cookbook writer Bruce Cost and others, Harris, author of The Book of Garlic, has collected recipes, poems, jokes, gardening information and lore of the ""stinking rose,'' as well as information about garlic festivals nationwide, different strains of garlic and the history of the bulb. All this serves to whet the appetite for the recipes. They include such savory delicacies as garlic oyster souffle, roast pork with garlic applesauce, wild mushroom and garlic soup, and bruschetta, the ultimate garlic bread. (July)
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Reviewed on: 05/01/1986
Genre: Nonfiction
Paperback - 240 pages - 978-0-201-19184-4