Librairie Larousse's Gastronomic Committee includes scores of writers, researchers, editors, photographers, illustrators, and translators who make "Larousse Gastronomique" the world's most authoritative culinary reference book. The committee's president is world-renowned chef and author Jo'l Robuchon. The author of the first edition of "Larousse Gastronomique," published in 1938, was French chef Prosper Montagne (1865--1948).
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