The Cookbook That Changed the World

The Cookbook That Changed the World The Origins of Modern Cuisine

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Publisher's Synopsis

In 1651 in Paris, the unknown cook, Francois Pierre de la Varenne published "Le Cuisinier Francois", and changed the course of culinary history. This book aims to reconstruct the seventeenth-century revolution in French cooking that explains why we eat as we do. It reveals how Varenne turned out to be the father of modern cuisine.

Book information

ISBN: 9780752440262
Publisher: The History Press
Imprint: The History Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 641.594409032
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 406g
Height: 234mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 21mm