The last days of haute cuisine / Patric Kuh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuh, Patric, 1964-

Contributor:

Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Restaurants--United States--History--20th century.

Restaurants.

Gastronomy--History--20th century.

Gastronomy.

History.

United States.

Penn Provenance:

Malgieri, Nick (donor) (Malgieri Collection copy)

Physical Description:

ix, 241 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Viking, [2001]

Summary:

Food writer Kuh brings readers inside the high-stakes business of high-end restaurants through untold anecdotes, legendary cooks and bright young stars, along with his own reminiscences and reflections. From Julia Child to James Beard, Kuh whips up a feast of gastronomic history.

Notes:

"First published in 2001 by Viking Penguine, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc."

"Set in Aires with Sackers Light Classic and Rococo Ornaments."

"Designed by Carla Bolte."

"'The Last Days of Haute Cuisine' is the story of the liberation of ethnic cuisine and what happened when haute cuisine came to America and its elitist principles met our populist beliefs."--Dust jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index.

Local Notes:

Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Nick Malgieri.

Malgieri Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0670891789

OCLC:

44391546