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Life à la Henri : being the memories of Henri Charpentier / Henri Charpentier and Boyden Sparkes ; introduction by Alice Waters.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Charpentier, Henri, 1880-1961.
- Series:
- Modern Library food
- The Modern Library food series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Charpentier, Henri, 1880-1961.
- Charpentier, Henri.
- Cooks--France--Biography.
- Cooks.
- France.
- Cooking, French.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 246 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- Modern Library paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Modern Library, 2001.
- Summary:
- This memoir of the first celebrity chef, back in print after six decades, relates Charpentier's rags-to-riches story with mouth-watering recipes and descriptions throughout. He shares how he accidentally invented crepes suzette, and how he immigrated to the United States to open renowned restaurants in New York and California.
- ISBN:
- 0375756922
- OCLC:
- 44702086
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