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Oysters Rockefeller- Who invented it? Where? When?
 
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They were created at Antoine's restaurant in New Orleans in the late 1890s, and reportedly named for John D. Rockefeller because it's they are "so rich".

http://eat.epicurious.com/dictionary/food/index.ssf?DEF_ID=3011
 
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SR gets the second course right, too !

The Oysters Rockefeller sauce was named for the Rockefeller family, the richest in flavour in the world at that time.
http://www.antoines.com/history.html
Most sources that give a year say 1899.
 
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