col1.1 Raymond Sokolov (Alfred Eisenstaedt / Time & Life Images / Getty Images)
1.1 Fernand Point (Robert Doisneau / Gamma-Rapho / Getty Images)
1.2 Pierre and Jean Troisgros (Jean-François Claustre)
1.3 Julia Child and Jack Savenor (Lee Lockwood / Time & Life Images / Getty Images)
1.4 Restaurant Paul Bocuse (Michael Pfeiffer)
1.5 André and Simone Soltner with staff (Edward Hausner / The New York Times)
2.1 Robert Weber cartoon (Robert Weber / The New Yorker Collection / www.cartoonbank.com)
3.1 Menu from Restaurant Paul Bocuse (Courtesy of Paul Bocuse)
4.1 Thomas Keller at La Rive (Courtesy of Thomas Keller)
4.2 Menu from the French Laundry (Courtesy of Thomas Keller)
5.1 Menu from Joël Robuchon Restaurant (Courtesy of Joël Robuchon)
5.2 Menu from Alinea (Courtesy of Grant Achatz)
5.3 Menu from the Fat Duck (Courtesy of Heston Blumenthal)
5.4 Menu from Noma (Courtesy of René Redzepi)