Julia’s Casual Dinners: Seven Glorious Menus for Informal Occasions.

CHILD, Julia.

Item Number: 139778

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

First edition of this wonderful cookbook. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by Julia Child on the half-title page. In fine condition. Photographs by James Scherer. Uncommon signed.

Planning a large buffet for the holidays? An informal dinner? A barbecue? Julia offers a Buffet for 19 (featuring oysters and Turkey Orloff), a Chafing-Dish Dinner, and an Indoor/Outdoor Barbecue of butterflied lamb on the grill and homemade pitas. These menus--and four others--are packed with instructions on planning ahead, checking out staples, drawing up a shopping list, timing the meal, varying the menu, and creatively using leftovers. Instructive color photographs serve as a guide, showing ingredients, step-by-step procedures, and the finished dishes.