Article: Pass the Sauce

Daniel Rogov
Jerusalem Post
12-08-1995
Within the last few weeks, at least a dozen people have written or telephoned to ask me about the origins and the "correct" way to make Bechamel sauce. Named after Louis de Bechameil, this simple sauce is crucial to fine cooking. What is odd, however, is that no one is quite certain who invented the sauce that carries Bechameil's name.

What is known is that after the uprising of the aristocracy and the parliament against Mazarin in 1648, Bechameil, who was the Marquis of Nointel, became the economic adviser to King Louis XIV. Although the marquis is sometimes credited with the invention of Bechamel sauce, there are no letters or other records to ...

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