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Thousand dollar dinner : America's first great cookery challenge / Becky Libourel Diamond.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks TX 737 .D43 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Diamond, Becky Libourel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dinners and dining--United States--19th century--History.
- Dinners and dining.
- Cooks--History.
- Cooks.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Yardley : Westholme, [2015]
- Summary:
- Describes in detail a lavish seventeen-course meal that launched a new age in American dining.
- Contents:
- An Invitation
- La Carte.
- First Course Oysters
- Second Course Soups
- Third Course Fish
- Fourth Course Boiled
- Fifth Course Cold Dishes
- Sixth Course Entrée No. 1
- Seventh Course Entrée No. 2
- Eight Course Roast
- Ninth Course Pièces Montées, Vegetables
- Tenth Course Coup Du Millieu
- Eleventh Course Game
- Twelfth Course Diamond-Back Terrapin
- Thirteenth Course Pastry
- Fourteenth Course Confectionery
- Fifteenth Course Ice Creams and Water Ices
- Sixteenth Course Fruits and Nuts
- Seventeenth Course Café Noir
- An Ovation
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-220) and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP Historic Culinary Arts Collection.
- ISBN:
- 159416231X
- 9781594162312
- 9781594162602
- 1594162603
- OCLC:
- 910334689
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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