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Croquembouche
History
The invention of the croquembouche is often
attributed to Antonin Carême, who includes it
in his 1815 cookbook Le Pâtissier royal parisien,
but it is mentioned as early as 1806, in Alexandre
Viard’s culinary encyclopedia Le Cuisinier
Impérial, and in Antoine Beauvilliers’ 1815 L’Art
du Cuisinier. In Viard’s encyclopedia and other
early texts (e.g. Grimod de La Reynière’s, Néo-
physiologie du gout), it is included in lists of
entremets - elaborate dishes, both savory and
sweet, that were served between courses during
large banquets.
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Culture
Croquembouche was one of the spoiled desserts
which Gloria Munson serves to the WJM news
team and program director in “A New Sue
Ann”, the Season 5 episode of The Mary Tyler
Moore Show. In a take-off on All About Eve, Sue
Ann’s show is hijacked by Gloria (Linda Kelsey),
who prepares a segment on French pastry.
Sue Ann lets Gloria make the mistake of using
unrefrigerated cream.