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Reflexions-Richard Olney

✍️ Olney, Richard
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🏛 Brick Tower Press 📅 2012 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9781883283438

📝 Description: Reflexions-Richard Olney

This book begins in New York in 1951 where Olney, a struggling artist, waited tables in Greenwich Village, then moves to Paris and weaves a magical description of food that becomes so real as if you were actually there with Olney. It is a long-awaited story of the man who brought the simplicity of French cooking to the United States, and a statement about one of the finest and most important food professionals in the world.

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This volume will not suit readers looking for practical kitchen techniques, accessible weeknight recipes, or structured baking guides. Instead, it targets a specialized audience of gastronomy scholars and food-writing purists who appreciate biographical narrative over instructional utility. Those seeking a straightforward cookbook or modern culinary manual will find it unhelpful, but dedicated students of culinary history will appreciate its place in documenting an influential career.
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Eatbook Family editorial team

This volume will not suit readers looking for practical kitchen techniques, accessible weeknight recipes, or structured baking guides. Instead, it targets a specialized audience of gastronomy scholars and food-writing purists who appreciate biographical narrative over instructional utility. Those seeking a straightforward cookbook or modern culinary manual will find it unhelpful, but dedicated students of culinary history will appreciate its place in documenting an influential career.

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