with the restaurant Marshal Ney, a dessert named in honor of Marshal Ney Others may be found under List of foods named after people. Ranhofer did not invent baked Alaska, nor do the menus he provides in The Epicurean mention anything similar, not even his own Alaska-Florida (the term he himself used for his similar dessert). He also experimented with new foods, acquainting New Yorkers with the "alligator pear" (avocado) in 1895, among other things. Death Ranhofer and his wife Rose had nine children: four sons (Edward J., Charles Leon, Alexandre Estene, and Martial Raoul) and five daughters (Dolet, Blanche Alexandrine Olympe, Marguerite Lucie Genevieve, Rose Georgette Constance, and Rose Jeanne). He died at home of Bright's Disease in October, 1899 and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City. References "Epicurean; Our own Escoffier; One of the 19th century's greatest chefs was American," by Russ Parsons. Los Angeles Times, December 15, 1999, Food Section, Part H, page 1. Charles Ranhofer: Delmonico's chef de cuisine, by Joe O'Connell. "Obituary: Charles Ranhofer Dead," New York Times, October 11, 1899, page 7. New York Times, October 3, 1925, page 15. Rose Ranhofer obituary identifying her as Charles Ranhofer's widow. The Epicurean by Ranhofer. Feeding America: Historic American Cookbook Project (Michigan State University Library). Kamp, David The United States of Arugula, New York: Broadway Books, 2006. 1836 births 1899 deaths American chefs American male chefs French chefs Deaths from nephritis Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)