“AS NUNCHI DESIGN HOUSE’S FIRST VENTURE, the reissue of this reference book of gastronomy seemed a natural choice. Symbolically, the L’Heptaméron is about the table, a subject that will be at the heart of all our editions, and it is a testimony to the high demands we place on such works. When first released in 1919, the L’Heptaméron was a complete work of art. For the care taken with its paper, printing, and engraving, along with the contributions made by renowned writers, all unprecedented for a cookbook. And of course there was the talent of Nignon himself. Nearly a century later, the magic is still there. As Emmanuel Rubin perfectly expresses in the book’s preface, the chef from Nantes excels through his recipes to demonstrate the extent of his talent, nourished by the task, research and reflection, and dazzles us with the intelligent choices of his associations. To browse through the L’Heptaméron is also to discover the origin of dishes still prepared today by our greatest chefs. More prosaically, when consulting the 1919 edition, I observed that its rarity and its condition did not invite me to plunge passionately into the work. So I wanted to offer a new version of this culinary monument that a cook could use.”
