Word: compagnon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Between meals and phone calls, Robuchon does more research in his kitchen, ever on the lookout for new combinations and dishes. Indicating the drawing on his menu of a lone, Lincolnesque figure, he says, "I am a compagnon and will always be one," explaining that he served as an itinerant apprentice, cooking in various regional kitchens before becoming a fully fledged member of the French chefs' guild...
...perspective, out of scrutiny. But Atget said-or, at any rate, wrote-nothing about his own work; no statements of intention, no aesthetic positions. He was so reluctant to display any portion of his private life that he neglected, or refused, to photograph even Valentine Compagnon, the woman who lived with him for more than 30 years. In short, his conduct was that of a small tradesman: a commercial photographer, which he was, rather than a "genius," which he also...
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