The Last Days of Nouvelle Cuisine

With the passing of chef Michel Guérard, a look back at how the former haute temples of French gastronomy are fading, folding, or facing the future.

On Tuesday came the sad news of chef Michel Guérard’s passing. At age 91, Guérard, was the last of the founding fathers of Nouvelle Cuisine. At his hotel restaurant, Les Prés d’Eugénie, Guérard developed his “cuisine minceur” detailed in his bestselling book La Grande Cuisine Minceur, which back in 1976 advocated for a lighter cuisine at a time when flo…