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Default ping: Victor re The Hungarian Mrs. Beeton

On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:41:22 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Remember I mention her, but then I subsequently posted something
>else? I finally ran into my jottings on this author and book.
>
>Treasure Trove of Hungarian Cookery. Mariska Vizvári. trans:
>Gabriella Molnár. Rev., Caroline Bodoczky. Budapest: Corvina
>Kiadó, 1981? 4th rev. ed.
>
> From the foreword: the author "(1879-1954) was the Mrs. Beeton
>of Hungary", in addition to being a well-known actress. This
>looks like it warrants close scrutiny.
>
>Note that Bodoczky is lacking at least one diacritical mark. I
>need to find the book again or my jottings re missing marks. (I
>haven't figured out how to do them on the laptop. I usually use
>the alt method. I can't use that or any other suggested method.)


My first guess would be that the first O in her surname needed two
dots over it.

I've not seen this book, but that just means that my Hungarian Cookery
Library has a space that needs filling.....

Alex