Life à la Henri
Subtitle: being the memories of Henri Charpentier
By: Henri Charpentier and Boyden Sparkes ; introduction by Alice Waters.
Contributors: Sparkes, Boyden, 1890-1954.
Edition: Modern Library paperback ed.
Series: Modern Library food
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Charpentier, Henri, -- 1880-1961; Cooks -- France -- Biography; Cookery, French
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Life a la Henri is the delightful memoir-with-recipes of Henri Charpentier, the world's first celebrity chef. First published in 1934, and back in print after nearly six decades, the book traces Henri's career from his days as a scrap of a bellboy on the French Riviera and a quick-witted apprentice in a three-star kitchen (when he invented crepe suzette) to his sailing for New York to open his renowned namesake restaurants that introduced many to the glories of haute cuisine. Life a la Henri is a memorable portrait of a top-flight restaurant kitchen, and is food writing of surpassing charm and taste."--Jacket.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1934.