The Lutéce Cookbook

“ A classic is born. Here is the long-awaited cookbook from André Soltner, for decades the chef-proprietor of Lutèce, New York's most famous restaurant. Here is a record of all the wondrous dishes with which he dazzled his faithful customers for more than thirty years—333 recipes, carefully worked out, brought together for the first time. Seymour Britchky, the noted restaurant reporter, sets the tone with an affectionate and colorful introduction; it tells the little-known story of the birth of Lutèce, and the charmed life it led under the aegis of André Soltner. Then Soltner tells his own story, from nostalgic memories of his childhood in Alsace to reflections on matters of taste, wine snobberies, good ingredients, and the idiosyncrasies of the dining public. But at the heart of the book are the recipes, wonderfully detailed and spelled out in André Soltner's own voice it is as if he were there beside you. Here are the glories of French classic cuisine prepared in Soltner's personal w