"Take Away the A" is a fun, imaginative romp through the alphabet. The idea behind the book is that within every language there are words that change and become a different word through the simple subtraction of a single letter. In other words, without the "A," the Beast is Best. Or, without the "M,[...]

Reissued here in its 1907 English translation, this influential textbook on haute cuisine was first published in French in 1903.[...]