Brioche
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Brioche is a Viennoiserie of French origin whose high egg and butter content gives it a rich and tender crumb. Chef Joël Robuchon described it as "light and slightly puffy, more or less fine, accordin
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Sicilian Brioscia in the shape of a Brioche à tête
Brioche des Rois (served around Epiphany, especially in Provence)
Still Life with Brioche, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1763
Marie Antoinette
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Marie Antoinette was Queen of France as the wife of Louis XVI from 10 May 1774 until the abolition of the French monarchy in 1792 during the French Revolution.
Brioche
…peasants who had no bread, "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche", commonly translated as "Let them eat cake." This saying is commonly misattributed to Queen Marie-Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI. Although there has been much debate about the etymology of the word and, thus, the recipe's origins, it is now widely accepted that…
Marie-Antoinette à la Rose, 1783
Archduchess Maria Antonia c. 1762 by Jean-Étienne Liotard
Portrait by Martin van Meytens, c. 1767–1768
Archduchess Maria Antonia depicted at age 13 in a 1769 portrait by Joseph Ducreux, which was sent to the Palace of Versailles in May 1769