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• n  eleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August); the month of heat

• Glumly, the Emperor lunched in his So Paulo hotel room on lobster thermidor, stared out the window and pondered the unkindest cut of all.
• Staples of the royal diet: a few tablespoons of caviar, lobster thermidor, slabs of roast lamb, a cubic meter or so of trifle, a pound of chocolate, a magnum of champagne.
• Servants trooped into the ballroom carrying great silver salvers of lobster thermidor and pheasant with apples.

• Thermidor

News & Articles

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• Deerfield murders recalled as Death Row date nears
  In the annals of grisly South Florida crime, the murders of Phyllis Harris and Janet Cox Thermidor more than 26 years ago rank high on the list of the most chilling ever committed.        
  Feb. 19, 2014 - Sun-Sentinel

Quotes

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• Anthony Bourdain in The Weekly Standard
  In "Kitchen Confidential," chef Anthony Bourdain remembers such dishes from his days in the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) circa 1975, including "cauliflower in Mornay sauce, saddle of veal Orloff, lobster thermidor . . . chicken Hawaiian,...