The Culinarians: Lives and Careers from the First Age of American Fine Dining

by David S. Shields

He presided over Virginia's great political barbeques for the last half of the nineteenth century, taught the young Prince of Wales to crave mint juleps in 1859, catered to Virginia's mountain spas, and fed two generations of Richmond epicures with terrapin and turkey.

This fascinating culinarian is John Dabney (1821-1900), who was born a slave, but later built an enterprising catering business. Dabney is just one of 175 influential...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022640689X
• ISBN13: 9780226406893
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.1" x 10.1"