(Breakfast) Marion Cunningham. The Breakfast Book. *Signed*

Jacket. NY: Knopf, 1987.

Warmly inscribed & signed by Cunningham, with advice to make the raw apple muffins for Christmas.

A charming, one-of-a-kind cookbook devoted exclusively to breakfastthat most American of meals which is enjoying a comeback all over the country. Here Marion Cunningham celebrates the simple pleasures of a good breakfast with 288 irresistible recipes for traditional favoritesfrom scones and sticky buns and popovers and hash browns to all kinds of eggs and pancakes and muffinsas well new treats. Her Great Coffee Cake lends itself to a variety of spicy, crunchy combinations; her Raw Fresh Fruit Jams can be made in just thirty minutes (with no cooking!); and her Oatmeal Bran and Mothers Cookies are perfect for when breakfast is on the run. And for more leisurely moments and special occasions, Cunningham includes forty breakfast menus guaranteed to make the first meal of the day the best. Price clipped, else fine – scarce signed.

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