Last Days of Haute Cuisine The Coming of Age of American Restaurants

Name: Last Days of Haute Cuisine The Coming of Age of American Restaurants
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ISBN: 9780142000311

ISBN-10: 0142000310

ISBN-13: 9780142000311

Edition: N/A

Authors: Patric Kuh

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Combining an insider's passion with down-to-earth humor, chef and food writer Patric Kuh traces the evolution of American high-style restaurants from the 1941 opening of Le Pavillon to the recent rise of less traditional restaurants, such as Le Cirque, Spago, and Danny Meyer's Union Square group. Kuh takes readers inside this high-stakes business, sharing little-known anecdotes, describing legendary cooks and bright new star chefs, and relating his own reminiscences. Populated by a host of food personalities, including Julia Child, M.F.K. Fisher, and James Beard, Kuh's social and cultural history of America's great restaurants reveals the dramatic transformations in U.S. cuisine. "If you…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/26/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.23" wide x 8.19" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English