THE CHEF MOST often credited with inventing the croquembouche, the French-born confection that towers haughtily over any table it graces, was, unsurprisingly, an architecture enthusiast.Toward the end of the French Revolution, years before he baked the cake for Napoleon Bonaparte's (second) wedding, Marie-Antoine Careme began an apprenticeship at a patisserie near the Palais Royal.
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