Key people in Culinary History

Known as "Architect of Cuisine.

• Jean Anthelem Brillat-Savarin

• Antonin Careme

• LArt de Cuisine

• Amelia Simmons

Developed the kitchen brigade system.

• Georgia Auguste Escoffier

• Le Nouveau Cuisiner Royal et Bourgeois

• Antonin Careme

• James Beard

Known as the 'mother of French haute cuisine'.

• Felix Urban Dubois

• Les Dons de Comus

• La Cuisiniere Bourgeoise

• Catherine de Medici

Wrote "The Physiology of Taste"

• Apicius

• Francois Pierre de La Verenna

• Jean Anthelem Brillat-Savarin

• Georgia Auguste Escoffier

Published "Le Cuisinier Francois", followed by "Le Patissier Francois".

• Francois Pierre de La Verenna

• LArt de Cuisine

• Amelia Simmons

• Jean Anthelem Brillat-Savarin

Proponent of movement to serve foot hot and wrote extensively about the use of Russian service.

• Le Nouveau Cuisiner Royal et Bourgeois

• Felix Urban Dubois

• Antonin Careme

• James Beard

Created the first televised cooking show in the United States.

• Felix Urban Dubois

• Les Dons de Comus

• James Beard

• La Cuisinere Bourgeoise

Wrote and published the first American cookbook.

• Francois Pierre de La Verenna

• Georgia Auguste Escoffier

• Catherine de Medici

• Amelia Simmons

Wrote "Cuisine in Ten Books" the world's oldest surviving cookbook.

• Jean Antheem Brillat-Savarin

• Apicius

• LAart de Cuisine

• Amelia Simmons

Written by Francois Massialot in 1691; presented in the format of the dictionary; recipes in alphabetical order.

• Les Dons de Comus

• James Beard

• Le Nouveau Cuisiner Poyal et Bourgeois

• Antonin Careme