TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shields,David S.
TI  - The culinarians: lives and careers from the first age of American fine dining 
SN  - 9780226406893 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - TX649.A1 S54 2017
U1  - 641.5092 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - Cooks
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Restaurateurs
KW  - Cooking
KW  - History
KW  - Restaurants
N1  - "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
ER  -