A HARTE APPETITE: SOUFFLE'S REPUTATION AS DIFFICULT DISH UNDESERVED

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Wednesday, May 26, 1999

If ever chefs were concerned their cooking would not rise to the occasion, it is when making souffl82s. Ever since its creation by the great French chef Marie-Antoine Careme, the souffl82 has been both the king of desserts and something of a prima donna. As Jane Ellis writing in House Beautiful magazine said, "Souffl82s always dazzle the diner but often fill the cook with fear."

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