Author: [Menon, Louis Francois Henri de].
Title: LA SCIENCE DU MAITRE D’HOTEL, Confiseur, a l’Usage des Officiers, Avec des Observations Sur la connoissance & les propriétés des Fruits. Enrichie de Desseins en Décorations & Parterres pour les desserts. Suite du Maître d’Hôtel Cuisinier.
Description: A Paris, Chez Leclerc, Libraire au Palais à la Prudence ..., 1776. Nouvelle Edition, revue & corrigée. Sm. thick 8vo. viii +[ii] + 525pp. + [27]. Decorative headpieces, 4 folding plates (1 repaired). French text. Prelims. stained in part, marbled e.ps. and edges, light browning, contemporary mottled sheep, sl. loss to corners, some loss to lower joint and to tail of spine, gilt compartments and gilt lettered label to spine with split to head. ¶ First published in 1749. Vicaire pp.590. Menon was one of the most prolific French cookbook writers of the 18th Century and has been referred to by his single surname until very recently. Virtually nothing is known about his life or his dates of birth and death. His name is not shown on the title pages of his books, all of which were anonymously published. His full name was only recently been revealed in his own copy of a La Cuisiniere Bourgeoise dated 1752, currently in the Chateau de Villiers library, in which he had signed his name ... The enduring influence that Menon had on the social engagement over food for more than a half century, lay, in large part, in his unique focus on the solitary female cook. International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science Volume 25, October 2021.

Keywords: ECONOMICS; COOKERY


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