Word: berthelin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Charged with murder there was brought before the Paris Court of Assize last week M. Berthelin, one of the greatest of French chefs. He spoke with verve and passion in his own defense: "This creature Davillard, my dishwasher, my scullion, what did he do that I should stab him in the chest with my carving skewer? Ha! Nom de Dieu! Standing at his filthy sink, he declared that my sauces stink, that they engender colic in delicate stomachs. My sauces! Sacre bleu! The pride of my cuisine. The pride of France. . . . "Mes amis, the sensibilities, the temperament of a great...
...Court, overcome, sentenced eloquent chef Berthelin to but one year in jail...
...what affront, quite comprehensible to Frenchmen, did one Berthelin skewer one Davillard...
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