Thousand Dollar Dinner : : America's First Great Cookery Challenge

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An Invitation -- La Carte. -- First Course Oysters -- Second Course Soups -- Third Course Fish -- Fourth Course Boiled -- Fifth Course Cold Dishes -- Sixth Course Entrée No. 1 -- Seventh Course Entrée No. 2 -- Eight Course Roast -- Ninth Course Pièces Montées, Vegetables -- Tenth Course Coup Du Millieu -- Eleventh Course Game -- Twelfth Course Diamond-Back Terrapin -- Thirteenth Course Pastry -- Fourteenth Course Confectionery -- Fifteenth Course Ice Creams and Water Ices -- Sixteenth Course Fruits and Nuts -- Seventeenth Course Café Noir -- An Ovation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Describes in detail a lavish seventeen-course meal that launched a new age in American dining.

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PUBLISHED
Yardley : Westholme, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: xxiv, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
159416231X
9781594162312

SUBJECTS
Dinners and dining -- 19th century -- History.
Cooks -- History.