COOKING FOR KINGS: The Life of Antonin Carême, the First Celebrity Chef
New York: Walker & Company, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. "Drawing on the legendary cook's rich memoirs, Ian Kelly traces Antonin Carême's meteoric rise from Paris orphan to international celebrity and provides a dramatic below-stairs perspective on one of the most momentous, and sensuous, periods in European history - First Empire Paris, Georgian England, and the Russia of War and Peace." Octavo: 301, [1, blank] pp. with 14 illustrations, including several in color. Original brown paper-covered boards, with gilt-stamped titling. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Fine / Fine. Item #80405
ISBN: 0802714366
Price: $50.00