Napoleon's Chicken Marengo: Creating the Myth of the Emperor's Favourite Dish

by Andrew Uffindell

This remarkable work tells the story of Chicken Marengo, and cuts through the tangle of myths that has sprung up around it. Supposedly created on the evening of Napoleon's victory at Marengo, the dish rapidly conquered Paris, and became a renowned symbol of French haute cuisine.

The author sets the dish in its context explaining the nail-biting drama of Napoleon's Marengo campaign and the remarkable frenzy of rejoicing unleashed in Paris by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848325789
• ISBN13: 9781848325784
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"