The Hippocrene and the Seine

By |2022-01-22T06:02:23+00:00September 3rd, 2021|Eighteenth Century, Food Blog|

Charlotte Bourette (1714-1784), whose sobriquet was La Muse Limonadière, ran Le Café Allemand (rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs, Paris) which was frequented by hommes de lettres.  Her verse and prose were gathered for publication in 1755, and her [...]