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    What famous French culinary celebrity cooked for the English King, the Russian Czar and France's Napoleon, and yet had a most unsuitable name for a cook, as his name suggested "fasting" rather than eating well?

    Question #96971. Asked by Flem-ish. (Jun 25 08 5:35 PM)


    zaman89

    		Antonin Carême is the chef that has cooked for all these people and more.
    http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B06E0D6153FF93AA25756C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

    Jun 25 08, 5:55 PM
    queproblema

    		"Careme" suggests fasting because it is the French word for Lent.
    http://www.wordreference.com/fren/careme

    http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car%C3%AAme#Origines_et_histoire



    Jun 25 08, 7:40 PM

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