A 7-course meal prepared only once in 1892 by legendary chef, Auguste Escoffier (considered the father of modern cooking) for a group of 19th century personalities including Mark Twain.Since then "The Escoffier Menu" has disappeared and become the obsession of wealthy gourmands, world class chefs, renowned eaters and Foodies the world over. Rumored to have been in the hands of early and mid-20th century celebrities like Charlie Chaplin, Charles de Gaulle, The Duchess of Windsor and Orson Welles, for the last 50 years no one ...
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A 7-course meal prepared only once in 1892 by legendary chef, Auguste Escoffier (considered the father of modern cooking) for a group of 19th century personalities including Mark Twain.Since then "The Escoffier Menu" has disappeared and become the obsession of wealthy gourmands, world class chefs, renowned eaters and Foodies the world over. Rumored to have been in the hands of early and mid-20th century celebrities like Charlie Chaplin, Charles de Gaulle, The Duchess of Windsor and Orson Welles, for the last 50 years no one knew where it was -- until now.Ry Carlino, an overweight Manhattan-based food writer (with aspirations of becoming the next restaurant reviewer for The New York Times), inadvertently meets the person who, unbeknownst to him, has the menu.So begins Ry's quest to find it. Doing so will crank up his faltering career. What he doesn't know is that there are people who desire the menu with such intensity and passion that they would kill to possess it.The person they're after is Ry.
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Add this copy of Escoffier's Menu to cart. $31.80, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Independently published.
Add this copy of Escoffier's Menu to cart. $55.46, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Independently published.
