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A Seasoned Chef : recipes and remembrances from the chef and former co-owner of New York's famous Le Cirque restaurant / Jean Vergnes.

LIBRA - Blank Collection TX719 .V49 1987
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LIBRA - Rare TX719 .V49 1987 Malgieri copy
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Vergnes, Jean, 1921-2010.
Contributor:
Franey, Pierre, writer of foreword.
Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Cooking, French.
Vergnes, Jean, 1921-2010.
Vergnes, Jean.
Cooks--United States--Biography.
Cooks.
United States.
Le Cirque (Restaurant).
Genre:
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Penn Provenance:
Malgieri, Nick (donor) (inscription) (Malgieri Collection copy)
Vergnes, Jean, 1921-2010 (autograph) (Malgieri Collection copy)
Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor) (inscription) (stamp)
Vergnes, Jean, 1921-2010 (autograph)
Physical Description:
xvi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 250 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits. ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Donald I. Fine, Inc., [1987]
Contents:
Foreword / Pierre Franey
The Opening of Le Cirque Restaurant
Apprenticeship
Journeymanship
The Colony
Commercial Ventures
The Weekend Feasts with Chefs and Friends
At Le Cirque Restaurant
Epilogue: The Future of Cuisine.
Notes:
"Design by Stanley S. Drate/Folio Graphics Co., Inc."
Includes 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.
Malgieri Collection copy inscribed "3/21/1992 Dear Nick. With warm regards culinarirement. Jean Vergnes".
Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
Kislak copy has bookplate and handwritten bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.
Kislak copy has embossed stamp "FCB Library of Fritz Blank".
Kislak copy inscribed "4/25/1990 To Fritz Blank. A nice gentleman and great chef. With warm regard. Cooking is fun. Jean Vergnes".
ISBN:
1556110618
9781556110610
OCLC:
16871883

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