Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-01
7ow Dearer Food Hits
The Restau4, ants OF Paris

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Delhommc, the founder OF the CATO
AnElais, was wonderful connoisseur
OF wines. Covering the four walls of
his cellar We're iron pigeon holes con-
tanning wines of all colors countries
and epoclis. and arranged according to
Il beautiful system of his own. Century
old cognac from the cellar OF Bairas
iof Luxembourg and tho wines OF Con-
stance that were to hnYc been served
to Marie Acknowledgement bottle with
the royal seal nffiXcd-these were
among the choice brands OF Delhommc's /,
collection.
SOUP A DELICACY.
At one OF his celebrated banQuets
invitations to which were as much
coveted as presentations at court are
nowadays, Delhomme addressed the
guests az follows: "Messlcurs, you are
to partalsc of a soup that is absolutely
new and specially prepared for you"
Suddenly n door opened and the maitre
d'hotcl entered Ranked by three wait
crs in evening dress The first carried
an enormous silver soup tureen, the
| second. silver platter on which the
ladle renosed. and the third carried
silver basket of golden brown rolls Hot
plates were substituted for the cold and
filled by the srandly ccremonious mnitre
cvitable gurgling OF Frcnchmcn Mt soup,
nothing was heard for n moment but
the clink OF spoons and signs of salts
faction, Suddenly the Russian prince
shrickcd, Colossal" Thcreupon these
iirst-nishters clnmorcd for the author:
Duglcrc. the head cook. was pushed in
and deluged with praise.
But why 'gcrminy?" some ono
asked him.
II call It 'germiny.'" no said, 'bc-
cause that is the name of the former
governor of the Bank of France and
| one of our oldest patrons"
No greater fame could befall tho
| great financier than to have a. soup per-
petuatc his name. Dumas fills and
| Alfred dc Arusset both attended this
| debut OF "gcrminy.''
The Laperousc on the Quai ST. Au-
| gusun came into International promi-
| ncncc some 10 years ago by Its being
| the scene of a mysterious disappear
| ancc. A financier named Boulaine had
| boon arrested for 4 swndlc involving
n million dollars. During his trial he
was escorted daily from the prison to
| tho courts by II strong guard. On their
return from the court Boulanc Joined
by his guards visited Laperouse for. -,
midday dinner In which all the dcliCn-
cies of the menu We're served and ac-
| companied by. rare old wines. After u
few days of Lapcrouse the careful
guardianship relaxed until Boulaine5
| had completely won their confidence
FINALLY during an exceptional feast or
dered by Boulaine, special attention
having been paid to the wine list. and
| amid the laughter occasionod by the
latest boulevard story. Boulaine cN-
cused himself for moment that has
lasted to the present ono.
| MARGUERY. FAMOUS CHEF.
In the death of Marguery six months
ago we lost the most famous of mod
ern culinary artists. Those who arc
fortunate enough to have met Mar
query will never forget his distn-
guished and kindly manner; the slight
deformity of his back was never n det-
rimcnt to his stateliness of bearing N
his youth he was II dish washer. grilu-t
ally educating himself In his art. Until,
finally the government decorated lin
with the legion of honor Always IT.
war with the manufacturers Of adul-
tcratcd food he was at one time vice
president OF the Pure Food congress-"
Undoubtedly Marguery will be re:nc;.;-
bcred by laymen as the creator of
Peches Melba. After hearing con-
cert given by the great soprano Mar
query returned to his kitchen to pro-
ducc the dessert which has the same
velvet quality rs tho tones of Mclha's
voice; and many people claim that Il
tastes better than she sings
\, PRICES ARE HIGH.
The other day ran across an Amer
lean who said that he had just been
"stung'' In one of the little restaurants
here. When asked what restaurant. he
said, "Oh, n place around OH the Ilua
Cambon. Everything was clean, hut
the priccs--why they want so cents for
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