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Vichyssoise (/ ˌ v ɪ ʃ i ˈ s w ɑː z / VISH-ee-SWAHZ, French: ⓘ) is a soup made of cooked and puréed leeks, potatoes, onions and cream. It is served chilled and garnished with chopped chives. It was invented in the first quarter of the 20th century by Louis Diat, a French-born cook working as head chef of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York.
In 1917, [13] [note 1] seeking to "invent some new and startling cold soup" for the menu at the Ritz-Carlton, he recalled his mother's soup. [24] His experimenting soon led to a combination of "leeks, onions, potatoes, butter, milk, cream and other seasonings". [ 6 ]
Substantial documentary evidence exists to prove that modern vichyssoise is made almost identically to the popular "Potage Parmentier" from the 18th-19th centuries and that Diat's true invention can be no more than the temperature at which the soup is served, and the name "Vichyssiose," assuming he did indeed create those two elements.
The alternative story is that 19th-century French chef Joseph Voiron invented it and named it after one of his cooks, Mornay, his oldest son. Mozartkugel – Salzburg, the birthplace of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), is also the place where this marzipan/nougat-filled chocolate was created c. 1890. Also in the composer's honor ...
Thick soup made of clams, potatoes, salt pork and onions Cock-a-leekie: Scotland: Chunky Leek and potato soup made with chicken stock Cold borscht / Šaltibarščiai Lithuania: Cold (chilled) Beetroot (or sometimes tomato), popular in Eastern Europe. A Lithuanian specialty, usually made in summer time in one variety, almost always cold. Based ...
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Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (UK: / p ɑːr ˈ m ɛ n t i eɪ,-ˈ m ɒ n t-/, US: / ˌ p ɑːr m ə n ˈ t j eɪ /; [1] French: [ɑ̃twan oɡystɛ̃ paʁmɑ̃tje]; 12 August 1737 – 13 December 1813) was a French pharmacist and agronomist, best remembered as a vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe.