The interesting story of culinary delights, and the famous people behind this 'goodies' history!
The World’s Classic Dishes: A Taste of History
Apple Charlotte
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Known as “the king of cooks and the cook of kings,” the French
master Chef Marie Antoine Crème served such distinguished patrons as
the statesman Charles Talleyrand, Czar Alexander I, and George IV.
While employed by the English prince regent at Brighton Pavilion, from
1816 to 1819, Carème created a new dessert: layers of apple and sugar
baked between slices of buttered bread. He named it Apple Charlotte in
honor of the prince’s daughter.
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Oddly enough, Careme named another dessert for the English princess
while working for Czar Alexander in 1819. Custard decorated with
ladyfingers, it was christened Charlotte Russe.
Baked Alaska
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The invention of this famous ice cream dessert is credited to
physicist Benjamin Thompson. Although born in Massachusetts, Thompson
worked chiefly in England and Germany. He was made a count in 1791 as a reward for his services to the elector of Bavaria. In Britain, in 1799, he
founded the Royal Institute, for the “promotion diffusion, and
extension of science and useful knowledge.”
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As if this were not enough, Thompson was also the inventor of one of the first efficient cooking ranges and of a revolutionary coffee percolator. In the course of his research Thompson conducted many experiments with heat.
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It was probably one of these that led to the invention of the dish that eventually became known as
Baked Alaska, a meringue topping and a cake base that insulate an ice
cream center from the heat of the oven.
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