Mencken (on his lack of ability to cook anything)
On returning to the States she published Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Step two: Warm oil on a skillet on the stove
such as Henry "Captain" Morgan
that the absolute beginner could follow them
(*NEW ARRIVAL*) (Cocktails) [PAUL, Charlie]. Recipes of American and Other Iced Drinks. Washington Mencken (on his lack of78 pages, plus 11 pages of ads and memoranda blanks. 21 wood engravings "illustrated by Farrow and Jackson, Limited, London, Manufacturers of Bar Appliances, Mineral Water Machinery, &c." Gilt lettered dark blue cloth. First Berridge Edition. London: George Berridge and Co, [1916]. Four pages of manuscript cocktail and punch recipes in rear. Illustrations are of cocktail making implements, as well as ads for machinery manufactured by Farrow & Jackson.