Well, there are some photographs -- every chapter begins with a full-page color photo, but most of the book is illustrated with these terribly clever New Yorker style line drawings.

The recipes? Oh, you know, the kind of stuff we here at Swankola.com chow down on every day: Blanquette d'Agneau, Paupiettes de Veau, Squabs with Grapes, Ragout of Venison, Wild Duck with Cognac, Roast Snipe, Pheasant Pompadour, that kind of thing.