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"Francois Chateaubriand" (François-René de Chateaubriand -- he would not have been pleased if one forgot the de) was no chef at all. He was a writer, the most f
by bambax 9y ago
"Francois Chateaubriand" (François-René de Chateaubriand -- he would not have been pleased if one forgot the de) was no chef at all. He was a writer, the most famous French writer of his time (early 19th century).
The Chateaubriand steak was indeed named after him but he didn't create it. One story says it was invented by his personal chef, another story asserts it was created to honor the publication of one of his books.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chateaubriand_steak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chateaubriand_steak
Here's his tomb at the outskirts of Saint-Malo in northern Brittany
https://i.imgur.com/jVwuEdU.jpg https://i.imgur.com/jVwuEdU.jpg
- cafard 9y agoIn Nabokov's novel <i>Pnin</i>, there is the academic Blorenge, who somebody says calls to mind the legendary head of a French Department who thought that Chateaubriand was a famous chef. His interlocutor says, "Be careful! That story is told of Blorenge, and it is true." (From memory, probably slightly wrong.)