 The success of the "Almanachs" encouraged Grimod and his publishers to bring out the monthly "Journal des Gourmandes et des Belles", which appeared for the first time in January 1806.Its editorial board consisted of the friends who met weekly for dinner at the Hôtel Grimod de La Reynière, those ""Dîners du Vaudeville"", composed of dishes sent round by the premier restaurants of Paris for judgment, and Grimod as host and presiding genius.His "Manuel des amphitryons" ("hosts") appeared in 1808.