François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the 19th century. Descended from an old aristocratic family from Bri
Portrait of Chateaubriand by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, 1809
The Château de Combourg, where Chateaubriand spent his childhood
Young Chateaubriand, by Anne-Louis Girodet (c. 1790)
Chateaubriand in the army of Condé
Chateaubriand (dish)
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Chateaubriand is a dish that traditionally consists of a large front cut fillet of tenderloin grilled between two lesser pieces of meat that are discarded after cooking. While the term originally refe
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…soil from which it sprang; it glowed with rich foreign colouring, and with the fiercer glow of consuming passion. Chateaubriand was a food enthusiast; Chateaubriand steak is most likely to have been named after him. In 1806, Chateaubriand was invested as a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem…
Chateaubriand roast from the front cut of a beef tenderloin
François-René de Chateaubriand
The center cut of a beef tenderloin, also called the Chateaubriand
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