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The culinarians : lives and careers from the first age of American fine dining / David S. Shields.

By: Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017Copyright date: 2017Description: xi, 564 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226406893 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 641.5092 23
LOC classification:
  • TX649.A1 S54 2017
Contents:
Introduction -- The first era, 1790 to 1835: the restaurant, the coffeehouse, and the oyster cellar -- The second era, 1835 to 1865: the great hotel, the saloon, and the black caterer -- The third era, 1865 to 1885: the French hegemony and the nationalist reaction -- The gilded age, 1885 to 1919: fame and the master chef.

"A biographical reference book about two hundred of the most influential cooks and restaurateurs from 1790 to 1919"--Publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- The first era, 1790 to 1835: the restaurant, the coffeehouse, and the oyster cellar -- The second era, 1835 to 1865: the great hotel, the saloon, and the black caterer -- The third era, 1865 to 1885: the French hegemony and the nationalist reaction -- The gilded age, 1885 to 1919: fame and the master chef.

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