Gaylia Taylor
Auteur de George Crum and the Saratoga Chip
Œuvres de Gaylia Taylor
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- Œuvres
- 8
- Membres
- 146
- Popularité
- #141,736
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 9
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- 1
One of the dinner guests complained that Crum’s French fries were too thick and sent back the order. Crum, irritated, sent back a dish of fries so thin, they couldn’t even be speared with a fork. To everyone’s surprise, the guest loved them. Other diners began requesting what would soon be called Saratoga Chips.
George went on to build his own restaurant and featured potato chips in a basket placed on every table. In those days, people of color were not allowed to take out patents on their inventions, and Crum never profited from his invention. [Today, potato chips are eaten at the rate of 1.2 billion pounds annually.]
Bright acrylics by Frank Morrison show the patrons of Crum’s restaurants, and Crum in the kitchen cooking and inventing new recipes.… (plus d'informations)