by Philippe Alexandre, Béatrix de l'Aulnoit · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782226142023
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«Le roi Carême» is the biography of the cook Carême, by Philippe Alexandre and Béatrix de l'Aulnoit, published by Albin Michel (443 pages, in French).
The biography traces the life of Marie-Antoine Carême (1784-1833), a French cook who worked for Talleyrand, George IV, the emperors of Russia and Austria, and Napoleon, and explains how he imposed his rules on French gastronomy, excelled in pastry-making, and left classic treatises such as «Le pâtissier pittoresque».
The paperback edition, published in Paris in 2003, includes bibliographical references (pp. 429-430) and an index.
