author
Frank Schloesser
d. 1913
Known for witty early-20th-century books about food, this writer brought a playful, literary touch to cooking and dining. His work blends practical culinary enthusiasm with the pleasures of good reading and good eating.
2 Audiobooks
The cult of the chafing dish
by Frank Schloesser
The greedy book : A gastronomical anthology
by Frank Schloesser
About the author
Frank Schloesser was an early 20th-century food writer and editor best known for The Cult of the Chafing Dish and The Greedy Book: A Gastronomical Anthology. His books show a lively interest in the culture of dining, not just recipes, and they helped frame cooking as both a social pleasure and a literary subject.
The Cult of the Chafing Dish celebrates the small-table art of chafing-dish cookery with humor and charm, while The Greedy Book gathers writings about appetite, taste, and the enjoyment of food. Together, they suggest an author who enjoyed the rituals around meals as much as the meals themselves.
Some library and ebook records identify him simply as "Frank Schloesser" and indicate that he died in 1913, but detailed biographical information appears to be scarce in the sources readily available online. Even so, his surviving books still offer an appealing glimpse of an era when gastronomy was treated with equal parts seriousness and delight.