SC - Myths -- Taillevent

[Decker, Terry D.]

As a guess, it is being used as English households used the terms "steward"
and "marshal," to denote a senior official of specified authority and
duties.  The "steward of the kitchen" often had menu planning and accounting
responsibilities which the head cook did not.

Bear


> One of the dictionaries interprets "écuyer de cuisine" (which 
> I have been translating literally as "squire of the kitchen") 
> as "maistre cuisinier", meaning "master cook".
> 
> Thorvald Grimsson / James Prescott <prescotj at telusplanet.net> (PGP user)
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