La Cuisine Francaise, Francois Tanty 1893 Sizes:A2 (420x594mm) Archival Print (Unframed) and the white uniform caps

and the white uniform caps of its pilots

which originally looked like a cafe off Route 66

Courtesy Brad Holden

machinery that had been turned off in the kitchen would be found switched on and working when staff arrived in the morning

La Cuisine Francaise, Francois Tanty 1893 Sizes:A2 (420x594mm) Archival Print (Unframed) and the white uniform capsThis delightful image of chefs emerging from a copper pot on the stove is an illustration from the recipe book of Francois Tanty, chef de cuisine to Emperor Napoleon III of France and the Imperial Family of Russia. The book was published in Chicago in 1893. Tanty trained under Marie Antoine Careme (1784 1833), regarded as the original maestro of haute cuisine. Careme was the inventor of mother sauces that were used in different dishes and of pastries