He was born in Angers in 1872, was elected a Prince, used a Russian sounding penname, and on his eighteenth birthday was offered a special seat with copper plate inscription in no fewer than eighty French top restaurants. What was the real name of this famous French gastronome?

truefaithmom

Maurice Edmond Sailland (October 12, 1872, Angers, France – July 22, 1956, Paris), better known by his pen-name Curnonsky (nicknamed 'Cur'), and dubbed the Prince of Gastronomy, was the most celebrated writer on gastronomy in France in the 20th century. He wrote or ghost-wrote over 65 books and enormous numbers of newspaper columns. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curnonsky Jun 27 08, 8:28 PM

22crows

Maurice Edmond Sailland, born in Angers in 1872, was a culinary heavyweight and literary giant, and one of the greatest gastronomic writers and crusaders. Sailland, known as Curnonsky, transformed classical cuisine by way of his writings. "European gastronomy into the 21st Century", p.61-62 also see http://www.foodtourist.com/ftguide/Cookbook_Author/Curnonsky.htm Jun 27 08, 8:35 PM