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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 ...
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.
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.
Lobster bisque French onion soup. Belle de Fontenay — potato named after the suburb of Fontenay-sous-Bois, Paris; Beurre d'Isigny — butter from the town of Isigny-sur-Mer, Normandy; Bisque — soup named after the Bay of Biscay between Spain and France; Camargue red rice — the Camargue region, Bouches-du-Rhône
London particular is a thick soup of pureed (dry or split) peas and ham from England; purportedly it is named after the thick fogs of 19th-century London. Magiritsa soup is made in Greece and Cyprus using lamb offal. Maryland crab soup is made of vegetables, blue crab meat, and Old Bay Seasoning in a tomato base, from Maryland.
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.
Jays Foods, Inc., is an American manufacturer of snack products including potato chips, popcorn and pretzels. Jays Foods was founded in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, and is currently a subsidiary of Snyder's of Hanover. [3] Operating in several Midwestern states, Jays Foods' potato chips and popcorn maintain significant shares of their respective ...
Esau and the Mess of Pottage, by Jan Victors (1619–1676). In the King James Bible translation of the story of Jacob and Esau in the Book of Genesis, Esau, being famished, sold his birthright (the rights of the eldest son) to his twin brother Jacob in exchange for a meal of "bread and pottage of lentils" (Gen 25:29–34).