Word: chef
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...himself overwhelmingly repudiated by the people he had sometimes meant to serve, but only fitfully did, while his torn country lived through the intersecting agonies of poverty, war, colonialism and Communism. When he got the news of his repudiation in Paris last week, Bao Dai sent word through his Chef de Cabinet: "His Majesty adopts silence...
...many taxi drivers are en vacances." Conveyed to the address by a limousine, hired at three times the normal price, the tourists are apt to find the restaurant tightly shuttered and a big sign saying: "Fermeture annuelle." On the fourth try they may find one open, though the regular chef is "en vacances" and cannot provide his famous sauce...
...simple man with extraordinary command of his craft, who aimed to please and hit the bull's eye. All this does not make him a "master," for the true masters of art have been those who inspired mankind. Renoir's mission was more that of a chef who served up delicious refreshments for the eyes. Only the harshest of puritans could carp at such a benefactor, or regret his popularity...
...London, brigades of 60 to 80 cooks worked under the small, modest man with the shaggy white mustache and bright eyes, who wore a high, white chef's hat in the kitchen, changed to striped trousers and a Louis-Philippe dress coat to greet guests in the dining room...
...well rank France's most celebrated gastronomic names. He lacked the lavish glamor of Caréme, but surpassed him in austere art. He lacked the wit of Brillat-Savarin, but Brillat-Savarin was more gourmet than cook. He lacked the temperament of the great 17th century chef, Vatel, but was more imaginative. Vatel committed suicide, impaling himself on his sword because the sole did not arrive in time for an important dinner. When asked what he would have done in Vatel's place, Escoffier did not hesitate. "I would have taken the white meat of chickens-very...