Soyer's Culinary Campaign

Being Historical Reminiscences of the Late War

By:

Alexis Soyer

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century

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Perhaps the first celebrity chef, Alexis Soyer (1810–58) was a flamboyant, larger-than-life character who nonetheless took his profession very seriously. As the chef of the Reform Club, he modernised its kitchens, installing refrigerators and gas cookers. In 1851, during the Great Exhibition, he prepared spectacular (but financially ruinous) culinary extravaganzas at his restaurant, the Gastronomic Symposium of All Nations. In stark contrast, he organised soup kitchens during the Great Famine in Ireland and volunteered his services in the Crimea in 1855 to improve military catering. This work, first published in 1857, gives a vivid account of his efforts to prepare nutritious meals for the soldiers using a newly invented portable field stove, which remained in use until the Second World War. Also reissued in this series are Soyer's Gastronomic Regenerator (1846) and The Modern Housewife or Ménagère (1849).

Release date NZ

June 13th, 2013

Author

Alexis Soyer

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

10 Plates, black and white; 6 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

630

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century

Dimensions

140x216x35

ISBN-13

9781108063302

Product ID

21235943

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