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Maurice Edmond Sailland (Angers, France October 12, 1872 – Paris, July 22, 1956), better known by his pen-name
Curnonsky (nicknamed 'Cur'), and dubbed the Prince of Gastronomy, was the most celebrated writer on
gastronomy in France in the 20th century. He wrote or ghost-wrote over 65 books and enormous numbers of newspaper columns. He is often considered the inventor of gastronomic motor-
tourism as popularized by
Michelin, though he himself could not drive.
Name
The name "Curnonsky" comes from the
Latin language cur +
non "why not?" plus the Russian suffix
-sky, as all things Russian were in vogue in 1895, when he coined it. He once said that this nickname was "my
tunic of Nessus, as I am neither Russian, nor Polish, nor Jewish, nor Ukrainian, but just an average Frenchman and wine-guy ".
He was often called the prince-elect of gastronomy (Prince-élu de la Gastronomie) or of gastronomes, and he had in fact been duly elected in a poll of 3,000 chefs held by Paris-Soir in 1927. There was at the time a series of 'Princes', including
André de Lorde, the Prince of Terror, and so on.
Philosophy
A celebrated aphorism of Curnonsky's was:
La cuisine, c'est quand les choses ont le goût de ce qu'elles sont.
Good cooking is when things taste of what they are.
He advocated simple food over complicated, rustic over refined, and often repeated the phrase
Et surtout, faites simple!
And above all, keep it simple!
which was probably due to Escoffier.
Chronology
Curnonsky was a ghostwriter for 'Willy (writer)',
Colette's husband.
According to his biographer Arbellot, he coined the name
Michelin#Bibendum for the
Michelin Man in 1907—because "Michelin tires drink 'soak up' or 'eat up' everything, even obstables"—, and wrote Michelin's weekly column "Les Lundis de Michelin" in
Le Journal (Paris) starting on November 25, 1907. It was originally signed "Michelin" but starting on March 2, 1908, it was signed "Bibendum". Michelin had used the phrase "Nunc est bibendum" ("Cheers!" in
Latin language) on a poster in 1898, showing the Michelin Man swallowing a glass full of nails, but it is unclear when the word "Bibendum" became applied to this character.
In 1921, he started the publication of
La France Gastronomique with Marcel Rouff.
He was named a knight of the Légion d'Honneur in 1929, and promoted to officer in 1938.
In 1930, he co-founded the
Académie des Gastronomes, modelled on the
Académie Française, and served as its first president, until 1949. In 1947, he started the magazine
Cuisine et Vins de France along with Madeleine Decure. In 1950, he was a co-founder of the
Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs.
To honor his eightieth birthday, eighty restaurants marked his favorite table with a copper plaque reading:Cette place est celle
de Maurice Edmond Sailland-Curnonsky
Prince élu des gastronomes
Défenseur et illustrateur de la Cuisine française
Hôte d'honneur de cette maisonThis led to the legend that eighty restaurants reserved a table for him every night in case he should show up, though by that point, he rarely went out at all.
Partial bibliography
- By Curnonsky
- with Marcel Rouff, La France Gastronomique: Guides des merveilles culinaires et des bonnes auberges françaises Paris, 1921-28, in 13 volumes.
- with Austin de Croze, Le Trésor gastronomique de la France, 1933.
- Cuisine et Vins de France. Paris, 1953. A collection of recipes collected by Curnonsky from restaurants. New edition, with preface and updates by Robert Courtine, Paris: Larousse, 1974 ISBN 2-03-018110-2.
- Souvenirs Littéraires et Gastronomiques, Paris: Albin Michel, 1958.
- Curnonsky: Prince des Gastronomes, Simon Arbellot, Paris:Les Productions de Paris, 1965. Biography.
- Curnonsky et ses amis, Association des amis de Curnonsky, Paris: Librairie Edgar Soete, 1979. A collection of reminiscences.
External links
- Bibliography of French food books, including many by Curnonsky
Maurice Edmond Sailland (
Angers,
France October 12, 1872 –
Paris, July 22, 1956), better known by his pen-name
Curnonsky (nicknamed 'Cur'), and dubbed the Prince of Gastronomy, was the most celebrated writer on
gastronomy in France in the 20th century. He wrote or ghost-wrote over 65 books and enormous numbers of newspaper columns. He is often considered the inventor of gastronomic motor-tourism as popularized by Michelin, though he himself could not drive.
Name
The name "Curnonsky" comes from the Latin language
cur +
non "why not?" plus the Russian suffix
-sky, as all things Russian were in vogue in 1895, when he coined it. He once said that this nickname was "my
tunic of Nessus, as I am neither Russian, nor Polish, nor Jewish, nor Ukrainian, but just an average Frenchman and wine-guy ".
He was often called the prince-elect of gastronomy (Prince-élu de la Gastronomie) or of gastronomes, and he had in fact been duly elected in a poll of 3,000 chefs held by Paris-Soir in 1927. There was at the time a series of 'Princes', including
André de Lorde, the Prince of Terror, and so on.
Philosophy
A celebrated aphorism of Curnonsky's was:
La cuisine, c'est quand les choses ont le goût de ce qu'elles sont.
Good cooking is when things taste of what they are.
He advocated simple food over complicated, rustic over refined, and often repeated the phrase
Et surtout, faites simple!
And above all, keep it simple!
which was probably due to
Escoffier.
Chronology
Curnonsky was a ghostwriter for '
Willy (writer)',
Colette's husband.
According to his biographer Arbellot, he coined the name
Michelin#Bibendum for the
Michelin Man in 1907—because "Michelin tires drink 'soak up' or 'eat up' everything, even obstables"—, and wrote Michelin's weekly column "Les Lundis de Michelin" in
Le Journal (Paris) starting on November 25, 1907. It was originally signed "Michelin" but starting on March 2, 1908, it was signed "Bibendum". Michelin had used the phrase "Nunc est bibendum" ("Cheers!" in Latin language) on a poster in 1898, showing the Michelin Man swallowing a glass full of nails, but it is unclear when the word "Bibendum" became applied to this character.
In 1921, he started the publication of
La France Gastronomique with
Marcel Rouff.
He was named a knight of the Légion d'Honneur in 1929, and promoted to officer in 1938.
In 1930, he co-founded the Académie des Gastronomes, modelled on the Académie Française, and served as its first president, until 1949. In 1947, he started the magazine
Cuisine et Vins de France along with Madeleine Decure. In 1950, he was a co-founder of the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs.
To honor his eightieth birthday, eighty restaurants marked his favorite table with a copper plaque reading:Cette place est celle
de Maurice Edmond Sailland-Curnonsky
Prince élu des gastronomes
Défenseur et illustrateur de la Cuisine française
Hôte d'honneur de cette maisonThis led to the legend that eighty restaurants reserved a table for him every night in case he should show up, though by that point, he rarely went out at all.
Partial bibliography
- By Curnonsky
- with Marcel Rouff, La France Gastronomique: Guides des merveilles culinaires et des bonnes auberges françaises Paris, 1921-28, in 13 volumes.
- with Austin de Croze, Le Trésor gastronomique de la France, 1933.
- Cuisine et Vins de France. Paris, 1953. A collection of recipes collected by Curnonsky from restaurants. New edition, with preface and updates by Robert Courtine, Paris: Larousse, 1974 ISBN 2-03-018110-2.
- Souvenirs Littéraires et Gastronomiques, Paris: Albin Michel, 1958.
- Curnonsky: Prince des Gastronomes, Simon Arbellot, Paris:Les Productions de Paris, 1965. Biography.
- Curnonsky et ses amis, Association des amis de Curnonsky, Paris: Librairie Edgar Soete, 1979. A collection of reminiscences.
External links
- Bibliography of French food books, including many by Curnonsky
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