Chef George Crum: A Deep-Fried Stunt Gone Right

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Chef George Crum: A Deep-Fried Stunt Gone Right

By Tamara Shiloh Cornelius Vanderbilt, a steamship owner, sat in the dining room of Moon’s Lake House in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., a high-end restaurant that catered to wealthy Manhattan families. It was the summer of 1853 and working in the kitchen was George Crum (1824–1914), the establishment’s cook. The meal being prepared was likely woodcock […]

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