Claude
the great landscape painter. It is sad to think that he failed as a cook, though his very name was Jelly -in French, Gelée. The pastry-cook to whom he was apprenticed turned him away for his stupidity.
One cannot excel in all arts alike, and I feel as I contemplate the mellow landscapes of this master that he lacked but little to have reached a still greater position in creating the serene enjoyments for which a Laguipierre and a Carême were afterwards renowned.