"The Restaurants Of New York" 1925 CHAPPELL, George S. Oscar Wilde he was a professional chef

he was a professional chef who had his own cooking school and authored many cookbooks

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"The Restaurants Of New York" 1925 CHAPPELL, George S. Oscar Wilde he was a professional chefCHAPPELL, George S.[169] pp. Greenberg, Publisher, Inc. 1925Second Printing7 5 8" x 5 3 8" "Mr. Chappell knows his New York, and being a true gourmet, he knows its restaurants intimately their histories, the clientele peculiar to each, their distinctive culinary offerings, and perhaps most important of all, that evanescent something which we call the 'atmosphere' of a place". Very scarce guide to New York's restaurants, only the second to be published.