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Eda Saccone, 102; founded Hub culinary society chapter

By Gloria Negri

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 22, 2012

Eda Saccone founded Les Dames des Amis d’Escoffier, the first women’s chapter of Les Amis d’Escoffier, a male-only society of eminent chefs and culinary experts, which was named for a legendary French chef. “Now we’re on a level with Les Amis, our husbands,’’ Mrs. Saccone said when the women’s chapter received its charter. Mrs. Saccone was “a diminutive, strong-willed woman who made a giant impact on the culinary arts, a guiding star.’’ said Roger Saunders of Boston, founder of the Saunders Hotel Group.

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