Marron glacé of 'glazing'), may have been created only in the 16th century. Lyon and Cuneo dispute the title for the addition of the glazing, or icing, that makes the real "marron glacé". The earliest known records of a recipe for marron glacés were written during the XVI century by an Italian cook that worked for Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy [1580], and by the French at the end of 17th century in Louis XIV's Versailles court. In 1667, François Pierre La Varenne, ten years' chef de cuisine to Nicolas Chalon du Blé, Marquis of Uxelles (near Lyon and a chestnut-producing
Marron Curtis Fort Marron Curtis Fort Marron Curtis Fort (* October 24, 1938 in Boston) is a notable American-born German linguist and professor who specializes in the study of Saterland Frisian language and Low German (plattdeutsch) spoken in northern Germany. Fort is a German citizen and lives in Leer. Fort's work in print and appearances in radio and television have contributed greatly to the preservation and furthering of the Saterland Frisian language and Low German language and culture in general. After attending boarding school in New Hampshire, Marron C. Fort began his studies in Princeton University in 1957, including German studies, English, Dutch