Offered: Cooking A La RITZ by Louis Diat Chef, Ritz-Carlton Hotel New York City . Published by J. B, Lippincott Company, Kingsport Press Inc, Kingsport, Tenn . Copyright 1941 Second Impression . Measures: 5.75 x 8.5 inches . 524 Pages . Chef Diat taught cooking classes in the kitchens . Some of his students became chefs at other hotels in New York, Washington, D.C., and Colorado. He received a visit from the president of the Campbell Soup Company, Arthur Dorance, who stayed at the Ritz for half a year to learn Diat's soup making techniques . In 1938, Diat won the distinguished Chevalier du Mérite Agricole "for having done so much to bring an important element of culture and civilization to the United States".
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