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1985 · réf. 07707 — Paris: Flammarion 1985. FR Presumed 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS o a member of the Morel family of Boucle Sainnt Denis and signed by both authors with a date of 1986 no othe rmarkings slight rubbing to glassy black boards at the corner tips and at the base of the spine slight toning of page edges Very Good overall; no dust jacket probably as pulbished. Hardcover 120pp index full-page colour photos. Maurice Bernachon 1919-1999 was a master chocolatier and founder of the Bernachon family business in Lyon France. He was one of the few French chocolatiers who would entirely manufacture their own chocolate from raw cocoa imported variously from Venezuela Colombia Brazil and Equatorial Guinea. In 1975 he created the Président a cake creation to celebrate the admission to the French League of Honor of Paul Bocuse by then-president of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing a cake that made him famous. He retired in 1997 leaving the management of his reknown chocolate business to his son Jean-Jacques 1944-2010 husband to Françoise the daughter of Paul Bocuse.The business is currently run by Philippe and Stéphanie Bernachon the children of Françoise and Jean-Jacques. This book is entirely in French and contains about 100 recipes. BON APPETIT nominated them as the "grand cru" of Chocolates. 2.0 JM LVR 201/a5. Inscribed By Authors. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Published. Illus. by Martin Andre. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" Tall. Flammarion Hardcover