The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Early Twentieth-Century Menus, San Francisco Recipes, and Grand Hotel Fine DiningBy Victor Hirtzler
Length25h 37m
About this audiobook
The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book is both a practical manual and a document of early twentieth-century American luxury dining. Organized around menus and recipes for every day of the year, it translates French haute cuisine into the bustling context of a grand San Francisco hotel. Its style is brisk, exacting, and professional, favoring clear procedure over anecdote, yet the abundance of dishes reveals the cosmopolitan tastes, seasonal habits, and ceremonial rhythms of elite hospitality in the Progressive Era. Victor Hirtzler, the celebrated chef of the Hotel St. Francis, brought to the volume a distinctly European culinary formation adapted to the American West. Trained in the classical French tradition and experienced in prestigious kitchens, he presided over one of San Francisco's most famous hotels during a period when the city was asserting itself as a modern cultural capital after the 1906 earthquake. The book reflects his ambition to codify refinement for a wide professional and domestic readership. Recommended for culinary historians, chefs, and readers interested in the social life of food, this book offers far more than recipes. It is a record of taste, labor, aspiration, and institutional grandeur. To read it is to enter the disciplined imagination of a great hotel kitchen at its height.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (30)
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GenreOther
Length25 hrs 37 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 24, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26JANUARY 24
2PREFACE
27JANUARY 25
3JANUARY 1
28JANUARY 26
4JANUARY 2
29JANUARY 27
5JANUARY 3
30JANUARY 28
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6JANUARY 4
31JANUARY 29
7JANUARY 5
32JANUARY 30
8JANUARY 6
33JANUARY 31
9JANUARY 7
34FEBRUARY 1
10JANUARY 8
35FEBRUARY 2
11JANUARY 9
36FEBRUARY 3
12JANUARY 10
37FEBRUARY 4
13JANUARY 11
38FEBRUARY 5
14JANUARY 12
39FEBRUARY 6
15JANUARY 13
40FEBRUARY 7
16JANUARY 14
41FEBRUARY 8
17JANUARY 15
42FEBRUARY 9
18JANUARY 16
43FEBRUARY 10
19JANUARY 17
44FEBRUARY 11
20JANUARY 18
45FEBRUARY 12
21JANUARY 19
46FEBRUARY 13
22JANUARY 20
47FEBRUARY 14
23JANUARY 21
48FEBRUARY 15
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50FEBRUARY 17
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