SC - French Toast

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Frederich asked:
> Thanks for sending me the information on the period Chinese cooking 
> article.  I am having trouble finding a copy of it even through 
> interlibrary loan.  Can anyone at my cost please send me a copy of  those 
> pages.

I don't have any copies of this journal, but here is the contact information
for ordering subscriptions or back issues. This is from my cookbooks-msg3
file.

Stefan

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> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:54:53 EDT
> From: Acanthusbk at aol.com
> Subject: Re: SC - PPC - Petits Propos Culinaires
> 
> retants at hotmail.com writes:
> 
> SNIP
> > Anyway, does anyone know if this organization still exists?  I'm going
> >  to send a letter to the US address in the back of the last book (the
> >  organization is based in the UK), but if anyone knows anything else
> >  about this organization, I'd love to hear it!
> >
> >  Caitlen Ruadh
> 
> Petits Propos Culinaires issues the following statement to those who inquire
> about subscribing:
> "We are often asked to tell people what our journal PPC (Petits Propos
> Culinaires) is. The short answer is that is is a semi-academic periodical
> which comes out three times a year and deals with food, cookery and cookery
> books; that is usually runs to 64 or 72 pages, none occupied by
> advertisements; and that the contributors are a mixture of professional
> writers and amateurs. All issues are illustrated, in black and white
> (reproductions of old engravings and woodcuts, etc., plus drawings
> commissioned for PPC).
>   PPC is not a collection of recipes, although most issues contain some
> recipes of particular interest. These recipes have often been embodied in
> articles, eg by the late elizabeth David and Richard Olney (both of whom
> played an important part in founding PPC). Extensive Book Reviews and an item
> called Notes and Queries are also regular features. The latter provides a
> forum for reports on research in progress and for posing questions which
> readers may be able to answer.
> 
> Present subscription rates (postage included) are as follows:
> In the UK six issues are GBP23.50, three issues are GBP12.00;
> In the USA six issues are $45.00, three issues are $23.50;
> Elsewhere six issues are GBP26.00, three issues are GBP13.50.
> 
> If you would like to subscribe send your cheque to:
> PPC (Petits Propos Culinaires)
> 45 Lamont Road
> London SW10 0HU
> tel/fax (0)171 351 1242
> Email: aedavidson at compuserve.com
> 
> Your name and address should be clearly indicated as well as the type of
> subscription chosen and the amount of money you enclosed.
> 
> We're sorry that we cannot accept payment by credit cards, as we are far too
> small an operation for that! However, regular US dollar checks are perfectly
> acceptable - made out, please, to "PPCNA", sterling cheques should be made out
> to "Prospect Books Ltd."
> 
> Subscriptions can start at any point in the calendar year. New subscribers
> will be started off, unless they request otherwise, with whatever is the
> current issue when their subscription is received.
> 
> Back numbers [back issues]. These are currently all available, with
> substantial discounts for people ordering large numbers. Just tell us what you
> would like and we will let you know the cost. By the way, the back numbers
> which contain cumulative indexes are: 16 (covering 1-15); 26 (16-25); 36
> (26-35); 46 (36-45); and 56 (46-55).
> 
> All prices include postage. However, subscribers in Asia, Africa, Australasia
> who wish to receive their copies by airmail will need to pay extra - just ask
> and we'll give you the details. (Copies going to subscribers in North America
> are all air-lifted to New York City and put into the US postal system there.)"
> 
> You might be interested to know that PPC's founder Alan Davidson also founded
> Prospect Books, which publishes all those wonderful facsimiles of historically
> noteworthy cookbooks. Mr. Davidson now focuses his efforts on publishing PPC,
> while Prospect Books is run by Tom Jaine.
> 
> Beginning this fall Acanthus Books will maintain a complete inventory of all
> back issues of PPC. If you're searching for PPC articles addressing a
> particular topic of interest I'll be happy to make recommendations.
> 
> Amanda
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> 
> 
> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 10:37:44 EDT
> From: Acanthusbk at aol.com
> Subject: Re: SC - PPC - Petits Propos Culinaires-Online Index
> 
> Forgot to mention in the last post that there is an online index to PPC,
> although only for recent issues 46-55, at:
> http://members.tripod.com/~rdeh/index.html
> 
> There is some additional background information about the history of PPC.
> 
> This is Russell Harris' homepage, and also includes an index to the Oxford
> Symposium proceedings for the years 1981-1994. Acanthus Books has available
> proceeding from the years 1986-current. Earlier years are OP and available as
> used books.
> 
> Amanda
> 
> 
> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 10:40:45 EDT
> From: Acanthusbk at aol.com
> Subject: Re: SC - PPC - Petits Propos Culinaires-Online Index
> 
> Hadn't looked at this page for awhile, and see now that Mr. Harris has added a
> downloadable text file containing the index for PPC issues 1-55, so that makes
> for a complete index with the exception of the few most recent issues.
> 
> Amanda

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