crum, george

Tells how George Crum, a cook in Saratoga Springs, New York, in the 1850s, may have created the first potato chip to satisfy a demanding customer.

Describes chef George Crum's childhood as a part-Native-American, part-African-American boy in rural 1830s New York, his adventures cooking at Moon's Lake House restaurant in Sarasota Springs, and his accidental invention of one of America's most beloved snacks.

A biography of the nineteenth-century cook who invented potato chips.

Tells how George Crum, a cook in Saratoga Springs, New York, in the 1850s, may have created the first potato chip to satisfy a demanding customer.

Describes chef George Crum's childhood as a part-Native-American, part-African-American boy in rural 1830s New York, his adventures cooking at Moon's Lake House restaurant in Sarasota Springs, and his accidental invention of one of America's most beloved snacks.