To Set Before the King: Katharina Schratt’s Festiv

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To Set Before the King: Katharina Schratt’s Festive Recipes

In the 1970s, renowned chef Louis Szathmary purcha

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By Gertrud Graubart Champe (ed); Paula von Haimberger Arno (tr); David E. Schoonover (fr)
Year: 1996
Pages: 225
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 0-87745-535-X

Product Code: 142235041X

Description

In the 1970s, renowned chef Louis Szathmary purchased a notebook written in German & dated 1905, containing more than 200 recipes for soups, appetizers, main dishes, & a wealth of desserts, ices, & punches. This kitchen notebook, from the world of turn-of-the-century Vienna, belonged to a woman who played an extraordinary role in her society: actress Katharina Schratt, lavishly admired by Franz Joseph I, emperor of Austria & King of Hungary. Schratt was his companion for 32 years, & these are the foods she served in her home. This vol. includes: a bio. of Schratt & her glittering world; the translated recipes themselves; & 100 updated Austro-Hungarian recipes that will bring the world of this European metropolis to the tables of today’s cooks.

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