Pierre Troisgros, the patriarch of a multigenerational family of chefs and restaurateurs, died on Wednesday at his home in Le Coteau, France. His grandson Thomas Troisgros said in an email that the cause was a heart attack. “He was in his kitchen at Le Coteau waiting for his friends, to play cards,” the grandson said. Pierre Troisgros was born on Sept. 3, 1928, in Chalon-sur-Saone, a village in the Burgundy region of France, and grew up in the kitchen. His parents, Jean-Baptiste and Marie (Badaut) Troisgros, owned a traditional French country inn and restaurant, Hôtel Moderne, in the town of Roanne, near Lyon.

Source: New York Times September 25, 2020 21:29 UTC