num_pages: 424
description: Tanaquil Le Clercq the wife of George Ballanchine was born in Paris and brought to this country at an early age. She won a scholarship to the School of American Ballet at the age of eleven and later danced many leading roles with the NYC Ballet. In 1956 while on a dance tour of Europe she was stricken with polio which halted her dancing career. This is a collection of recipes from dancers along with stories about the dancers and the recipes they donated to the compilation of this book.
language: English
title: The Ballet Cook Book
publisher: Stein and Day