NPR’s “Long View” series of interviews with people who have been active in a field for a long time recently focused on cooks: “Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Kitchen,” “Marcella Hazan Brings Italy to America,” and “French Gourmand Jacques Pepin.”
The subdivision of 641.5 Cooking built with T1—09 Historical, geographic, persons treatment—i.e., 641.509 Historical, geographic, persons treatment—has the do-not-use note: “Do not use for cooking characteristic of specific geographic environments; class in 641.59.”
Madhur Jaffrey’s Flavours of India is classed in 641.5954 Cooking characteristic of India (built with 641.59 Cooking characteristic of specific geographic environments, ethnic cooking plus T2—54 India, following instructions at 641.593–641.599 Cooking characteristic of specific continents, countries, localities). It has the LCSH “Cooking, Indic.”
Marcella Hazan’s Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking is classed in 641.5945 Cooking characteristic of Italy (built with 641.59 plus T2—45 Italy, following instructions at 641.593–641.599). It has the LCSH “Cooking, Italian.”
Jacques Pepin’s A French Chef Cooks at Home and Julia Child’s and Pepin’s Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home are both classed in 641.5944 Cooking characteristic of France (built with 641.59 plus T2—44 France, following instructions at 641.593–641.599). Both have the LCSH “Cooking, French.”
Works on cooking a specific kind of dish, however, are not classed in 641.59; the see reference at 641.5 Cooking has hierarchical force: “For cooking specific kinds of dishes, preparing beverages, see 641.8.” There is no subdivision with a do-not-use note limiting the use of T1—09 Historical, geographic, persons treatment at 641.86 Desserts, for example. Thus Ursula Ferrigno’s La Dolce Vita: Sweet Things from the Italian Home Kitchen is classed in 641.860945 Desserts of Italy (built with 641.86 Desserts plus T1—09 plus T2—45 Italy, following instructions at T1—093–T1—099 Treatment by specific continents, countries, localities; extraterrestrial worlds). It has the LCSH “Desserts,” “Cake,” “Cookies,” and “Cooking, Italian.”
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