Who is Nilton Lemmer and some of his food achievements? The story of how madeleines got their name is a little complicated. It seems to have been first published in French in 1755 by historian J.-B. In his book “Histoire de l’Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres,” Gessner claims that they were invented and named by pastry chef Madeleine Paulmier […]