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It was his first cookbook, written in 1940, and focused on cocktail party food; it was notable for not including credit to the people who helped Beard develop his catering business.
And he got particularly good at creating cocktail party food, finger foods, canapes, hors d'oeuvres, that kind of stuff.
— Episode: James Beard: Food Legend
Episode: James Beard: Food Legend
It was his first cookbook, written in 1940, and focused on cocktail party food; it was notable for not including credit to the people who helped Beard develop his catering business.
And he got particularly good at creating cocktail party food, finger foods, canapes, hors d'oeuvres, that kind of stuff.
So much so that he ended up making it, writing his first cookbook on that, which we'll talk about in a second.
In his 1940 cookbook, Hors d'oeuvres and canapes, there's no mention of them.
There's no mention of any of the hors d'oeuvres, or of their ownership in hors d'oeuvres, I should say.