Can't believe I forgot to put this on my list of things to report from my reading during November/December, but this came up in the Versailles book. Unknown veracity, but too charming not to share:
Louis XV loved fine food and wines, as would his grandson. He lived in an age of culinary revolution and the first celebrity chefs, some of whom he employed. The upper classes now relished food for its taste as well as its appearance. When he was sixteen, Louis revealed the budding gourmet in him by taking lessons from an expert chef in a kitchen over the Stag Court, specially installed for this purpose. An order survives for the king’s aprons, twelve of them, embroidered with the double V of Versailles. He wore them when he made omelettes.
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Omelettes
Date: 2021-02-23 12:16 am (UTC)Louis XV loved fine food and wines, as would his grandson. He lived in an age of culinary revolution and the first celebrity chefs, some of whom he employed. The upper classes now relished food for its taste as well as its appearance. When he was sixteen, Louis revealed the budding gourmet in him by taking lessons from an expert chef in a kitchen over the Stag Court, specially installed for this purpose. An order survives for the king’s aprons, twelve of them, embroidered with the double V of Versailles. He wore them when he made omelettes.
Re: Omelettes
Date: 2021-02-23 07:08 am (UTC)Re: Omelettes
Date: 2021-02-26 05:46 am (UTC)