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Curnonsky

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Curnonsky (1872–1956)

French gastronome and cookery writer, who was a pioneer in the cataloguing of French regional cuisine.



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Curnonsky, the famed 20th Century food and wine critic, said of the wines of Jasnieres, "Trois fois par siecle, le Jasnieres est le meilleur vin blanc du monde.
These ended with a "brilliant soiree" in the "Wine Pavilion" where, in addition to Exposition officials, celebrated gastronomes including Gaston Derys and the self-styled Curnonsky, Prince of Gastronomes, and other leading citizens (all told, 350 from Paris and the regions) such as Edmond Chaix, president of the Touring Club de France, participated in what one journalist called a "magnificent instrument of Burgundian propaganda" (J.
 
 
 
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