François Pierre La Varenne
B. 1618 –
d. 1678
François Pierre de la Varenne (French pronunciation:
[fʁɑ̃swa pjɛʁ də la vaʁɛn], 1615–1678 in
Dijon),
Burgundian by birth, was the author of Le Cuisinier françois (1651), one of the most influential cookbooks in early modern
French cuisine. La Varenne broke with the traditions that had revolutionised
medieval and
Renaissance French cookery in the 16th century and early 17th century. (
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