Dining at the Pavillon Joseph Wechsberg 1962 First Edition Henri Soule DJ‎

First edition of Joseph Wechsberg's celebrated portrait of Le Pavillon and its legendary proprietor Henri Soulé, published by Little, Brown and Company, 1962. Original dust jacket present in very good condition, featuring the striking brocade-pattern artwork. Beautifully produced volume with olive cloth boards and gilt chandelier stamping on the front cover. Le Pavillon was the restaurant that invented fine dining in America — born from the French Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair, it became the table where presidents, moguls, and socialites came to be seen, and the training ground for a generation of chefs who shaped American cuisine. Wechsberg, one of the 20th century's finest food writers and a legendary New Yorker contributor, captures Soulé's obsessive perfectionism, the theater of the dining room, and the social theater of mid-century Manhattan with wit and affection. Includes never-before-published recipes from the Pavillon's kitchen. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering, olive cloth boards with gilt chandelier detail. Interior tight and clean. Dust jacket bright and attractive with light wear consistent with age. An essential volume for collectors of culinary history, restaurant culture, and mid-century New York social life.