A Taste of History

Season 6, Episode 10: The Return of L'Hermoine

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L’ Hermione – Lafayette’s Ship - At age 19, the Marquis d’ LaFayette arrived in the Colonies onboard the frigate, L’Hermione. He was to change the course of America’s war for Freedom. Chef Staib travels back to the port of La Rochefort, France for the final phase of reconstruction and to discover what drove LaFayette to become Washington’s Major General. Chef Staib makes calf livers in Calvados with apples, potato gratin, poached leeks in vinaigrette, dandelion salad with lardons, a salad of mussels, barley, artichokes and tomatoes and the famous “floating island” dessert.