"With a half-century of culinary hindsight in the hopper, it seems that Price's spookiest characteristic may have been his ability to foresee America's culinary future with eerie accuracy. His book is a historical document that preserves an era in amber, but it also predicts America's current obsessions—that we would start peering beyond our borders with wide eyes and growling stomachs. For a reader who'd never sampled the cuisines of the world, let alone visited their most noted cities of origin, the original Treasury might as well have been a passport. Now accessible to a new audience, the times have changed but the spirit's the same." Drew Lazor, Serious Eats
A Treasury of Great Recipes 50th Anniversary Edition
By Vincent and Mary Price
Vincent Price ©Eliot Elisofon
50th Anniversary Edition Includes All Original 1965 Content
and Corresponding Page Numbers, Plus Forwards by Wolfgang Puck and Victoria Price
"Come into our kitchen," is the welcoming statement from Mary Grant Price
and her husband, actor, art collector and gourmand Vincent Price.
In 1965, the couple co-authored the 500-page classic, A Treasury of Great Recipes.
Celebrated by Saveur Magazine as a “one of the most important culinary events of the
20th century”, this unique collection of recipes, recollections, images and illustrations
offered readers one of the first pictorial travelogues of gastronomic adventures that
no one else had ever been successful in acquiring.
The book went out of print yet continues to be a cherished item gifted and shared
between chefs, journalists, photographers, world and armchair travelers, film fans
and all with an “omnivorous appetite for life.”
In celebration of its half century anniversary, A Treasury of Great Recipes 50th Anniversary Edition has been published. A new book jacket with a photo of The Prices in Their Kitchen by acclaimed photographer
and family friend William Claxton, a Retrospective Preface by Victoria Price and a new Foreword by
Wolfgang Puck open the book.
Although Vincent Price was a serious dramatic actor, he is perhaps best known for his work as a horror film star.
In later years, he was the sinister voice on the title track of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, The Inventor "in Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands, and a voiceover appearance on Alice Cooper’s Welcome to My Nightmare. A friendship between Alice and Vincent remained
throughout the years.
What is not widely known is Vincent studied Art History at Yale and the University of London, and along with
Mary travelled the world acquiring art on behalf of the national retailer, Sears. The Vincent Price Collection of Fine Art
offered original works from Rembrandt, Chagall, Picasso, Whistler and more through the retailer, with pieces
available from $10.00 to $3,000.00 that could be purchased through installment plans.
It was these worldly travels, the countries and restaurants visited and “the hands that fed” them that inspired
Vincent and Mary to create A Treasury of Great Recipes.
The 50th Anniversary Edition includes every page from the original including the cover art, corresponding page numbers,
witty chapter intros and accompanying recipe commentaries from Vincent, the magical illustrations of Fritz Kredel,
photos from photojournalist and documentary photographer Eliot Elisofon and the aforementioned William Claxton
among others.
and Corresponding Page Numbers, Plus Forwards by Wolfgang Puck and Victoria Price
"Come into our kitchen," is the welcoming statement from Mary Grant Price
and her husband, actor, art collector and gourmand Vincent Price.
In 1965, the couple co-authored the 500-page classic, A Treasury of Great Recipes.
Celebrated by Saveur Magazine as a “one of the most important culinary events of the
20th century”, this unique collection of recipes, recollections, images and illustrations
offered readers one of the first pictorial travelogues of gastronomic adventures that
no one else had ever been successful in acquiring.
The book went out of print yet continues to be a cherished item gifted and shared
between chefs, journalists, photographers, world and armchair travelers, film fans
and all with an “omnivorous appetite for life.”
In celebration of its half century anniversary, A Treasury of Great Recipes 50th Anniversary Edition has been published. A new book jacket with a photo of The Prices in Their Kitchen by acclaimed photographer
and family friend William Claxton, a Retrospective Preface by Victoria Price and a new Foreword by
Wolfgang Puck open the book.
Although Vincent Price was a serious dramatic actor, he is perhaps best known for his work as a horror film star.
In later years, he was the sinister voice on the title track of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, The Inventor "in Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands, and a voiceover appearance on Alice Cooper’s Welcome to My Nightmare. A friendship between Alice and Vincent remained
throughout the years.
What is not widely known is Vincent studied Art History at Yale and the University of London, and along with
Mary travelled the world acquiring art on behalf of the national retailer, Sears. The Vincent Price Collection of Fine Art
offered original works from Rembrandt, Chagall, Picasso, Whistler and more through the retailer, with pieces
available from $10.00 to $3,000.00 that could be purchased through installment plans.
It was these worldly travels, the countries and restaurants visited and “the hands that fed” them that inspired
Vincent and Mary to create A Treasury of Great Recipes.
The 50th Anniversary Edition includes every page from the original including the cover art, corresponding page numbers,
witty chapter intros and accompanying recipe commentaries from Vincent, the magical illustrations of Fritz Kredel,
photos from photojournalist and documentary photographer Eliot Elisofon and the aforementioned William Claxton
among others.
A Treasury of Great Recipes, 50th Anniversary digital press kit containing book content photos, illustrations, recipes and more is available by request via email to Jane Hoffman.
A digital galley of the complete A Treasury of Great Recipes, 50th Anniversary Edition book is available for review. Please contact Jane to coordinate receipt of materials for coverage and reviews.
A digital galley of the complete A Treasury of Great Recipes, 50th Anniversary Edition book is available for review. Please contact Jane to coordinate receipt of materials for coverage and reviews.
