Le Cuisinier Impérial
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A[lexandre] Viard's[1] Le Cuisinier Impérial (Paris: Barba, 1806) was a culinary encyclopedia that passed through at least thirty-two editions in its long career as the essential reference work for the French professional chef during the nineteenth century. During its long run it was a staple of its publisher, Barba. Viard is variously credited with being chef de cuisine to Louis XVI and to Napoleon. The cookbook appeared under various titles that reflected regime changes: with the restoration of the Bourbons it became Le Cuisinier Royal (Paris: Barba, 1817) in its ninth edition, and in 1852, in its twenty-second edition, Le Cuisinier National. The co-author Fouret appeared in editions of the 1820s. Its last edition appeared in 1875.
A German translation was published as Viard und Fourets Universal-Kochbuch (Stuttgart, Carl Hoffmann, 1827). [2] A second edition was credited to Catharina Löffler, Pariser Kochbuch (Stuttgart, Weise and Stoppani, 1829) [3]
An earlier cookbook, Le Cuisinier Royal et Bourgeois, one of the first French cookbooks, consisted of recipes from Louis XIV's kitchens and marked the beginning of haute cuisine.
[edit] Notes
- ^ A. Viard is described sometimes as André Dictionnaire des Auteurs
- ^ Subtitled "Ein vollständiges Handbuch der Kochkunst. Nach den Regeln der englischen, französischen und deutschen Küche. Für alle Stände. Nach dem Französischen der Herren Vicard [sic] und Fouret, Mundköchen König Ludwigs des XVIII. von Frankreich mit eigenen Recepten vermehrt von Catherina Löfflerin."
- ^ Gastronomia, note 3
[edit] References
- Kansas State University: Le Cuisinier Royal, Paris 1817.
- Bibliographie culinaire
- William Carew Hazlitt, Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine [http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/h/hazlitt/william_carew/h431o/introduction.html The "introductory" describes twelfth edition incorrectly dated 1805.
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