Cook Until Done (George Bradshaw & Ruth Norman)

M. Barrow and Co, New York, 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket. First edition. 

Best cooked from with a cigarette in hand and a pitcher of martinis within reach:

"I opened the door to the broiler and put the steak under the gas. I then went into the living room and had a cigarette, or part of one. This would take, I should think, about three minutes. I then went back to the kitchen. The entire place was in flames. Now here is where my recipe becomes a little inexact. I do not know precisely how long that kitchen was on fire. I did not look at my watch. But I do know that when things had quieted down enough for me to get the broiler door open, the steak was perfectly done."

Dust jacket has some chips - particularly along top and bottom of spine, and scuffing a creases. Jacket and pages have some age-related yellowing. Jacket is price clipped. Binding is sound and interior pages are clean and clear.