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Book Title: Behind the Swinging Doors : the Back Room of Food Service
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.8in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: David Webb
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Personal Memoirs, Entertaining
Publisher: Outskirts Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Cooking
Item Weight: 14.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 308 Pages