"From the mind that brought you Schott's Original Miscellany comes a collection of vital irrelevance and uncommon knowledge surrounding the worlds of food and drink. Schott's Food And Drink Miscellany is a snapper up of unconsidered trifles (in both senses of the word) - from food history to cooking terms; cocktail recipes to dining etiquette; grace before meals to after-dinner toasts. What other book can tell you the accepted procedure when drinking from a Loving Cup; which potatoes are best for mashing; how to fold your napkins into a variety of pleasing shapes; the correct technique for lighting a cigar, or a Christmas pudding; or how to make the legendary 'Monster Egg'? Schott's Food And Drink Miscellany offers all this - and more. It will inform you of the King who served foie gras to his dog; the feast where guests ate in fear of their lives; the socialite who spiked his punch with benzedrine; and the dining club whose members ate their meals in reverse. An 'olla podrida' of all that is pertinent to wining, dining and socialising, Schott's Food And Drink Miscellany offers everything for the food-lover, wine-drinker, gastronome and glutton." amazon.de

I'm the "winner" of the From-Mt-Everest-to-Brocken-RABCK-challenge, so thanks heaps for sending me, Sheeeep!
I "found" it in my Packstation when I went to Hombruch's best greek restaurant with SunnyH an I already could use it: What exactly is Béchamel-Sauce? Yes, I've eaten it several times on my baked potato, but before friday I really didn't know it's "from flour, butter and boiled milk, infused with vegetables and seasonings. Created by and named after the French financier Marquis Louis de Béchamel". Aha!

travelling to katopua now, to find new readers somewhere in Metro Manila and the province of Romblon in the Philippines

Well received. It's now waiting in a packing case, which is used as a temporary store for the book-donations for CERV at Philippines until the empty balikbayan boxes arrived.

Went into the Balikbayan Box No. 2

This book donation be sent to CERV Philippines (a local NGO and volunteer organisation), by whom the books will be distributed to schools, daycare and community centers, public book shelves, libraries and else.

I'm not sure whether I can manage to send it in July or if it had to wait for my next holidays in November.