La Cuisine Francaise, Francois Tanty 1893 Phoenix a barbershop and a ballroom

a barbershop and a ballroom

The original Lexington restaurant closed in 1969

By the time a guest of the hotel could sip a Piccadilly Cocktail from this 1950s list

and author

La Cuisine Francaise, Francois Tanty 1893 Phoenix a barbershop and a ballroomThis delightful image of chefs emerging from a copper pot on the stove is an illustration from the recipe book of Francois Tanty, chef de cuisine to Emperor Napoleon III of France and the Imperial Family of Russia. The book was published in Chicago in 1893. Tanty trained under Marie Antoine Careme (1784 1833), regarded as the original maestro of haute cuisine. Careme was the inventor of mother sauces that were used in different dishes and of pastries