madeleine (cake) Fr. 1755

[Stephen Goranson]

 From OED madeleine, n. Draft Revision June 2009 etymology: "The French
source of
the recipe given in quot. 1767 at sense 1 has not been traced: this quot.
represents the earliest evidence for the expression in English or French."

Maybe the 1767 Cookery source is:
Les soupers de la cour;
ou, L'art de travailler toutes sortes d'alimens. Pour servir les meilleures
tables, suivant les quatre saisons ...
Menon
1755
French Book 4 v. 17 cm.
Paris, Guillyn.

Vol. 3 p. 282 via Google Books:
http://books.google.com/books?id=VDI7AAAAcAAJ&pg=PR21&dq=%22G%C3%A2teaux+%C3%A0+la+Madeleine%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1755&as_brr=0
or
http://tinyurl.com/mbo3xl

then select page 282

Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson

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