<I>La Cucina: The Complete Italian Cookbook</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1953
name: label: Written by
content: Rose L. Sorce
label: Written by
content: John Ciardi, American, 1916 - 1986
label: Published by
content: Twayne Publishers, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover copy of La Cucina: The Complete Italian Cookbook by Rose L. Sorce and a forward by John Ciardi. The hardcover book is covered in orange leather and has a stitched binding. The book’s front cover features centered black text of varying fonts and sizes that reads [La Cucina / by ROSE L. SORCE / Over 800 selected recipes / ? / The Complete Italian Cookbook / ANTIPASTO / WINES / SOUPS / SALADS / MACARONI AND SPAGHETTI / MEATS / POULTRY AND GAME / FISH AND SEAFOOD / VEGETABLES / CHEESE AND EGGS / DRESSINGS AND SAUCES / CAKES AND PASTRIES / ICE CREAM AND ICES / BREADS]. Printed on the spine in black, vertical text is the full title of the book and the author’s name. Printed in horizontal black text at the bottom of the spine is the publisher’s name, [TWAYNE]. The back cover of the book is plain. There is a small pencil inscription on the front flyleaf page, in the top right corner, that reads, [198]. The book contents includes seventeen chapters of recipes for [ANTIPASTO], [WINES], [SOUPS], [SALADS], [SPAGHETTI], [MEATS], [POULTRY AND GAME], [FISH AND SEAFOOD], [VEGETABLES], [RICE], [CHEESE AND EGGS], [DRESSINGS AND SAUCES], [DESSERTS], [BREADS], [OFFERINGS OF MOTHER EARTH], [MENUS], [MISCELLANEOUS], and an index. The book has 362 pages.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.52.27
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with leather on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 6 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (21.6 × 15.5 × 3.1 cm)