The Gastronomic Regenerator

A Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery, with Nearly Two Thousand Practical Receipts Suited to the Income of All Classes

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 London's Reform Club, he modernised its kitchens, installing refrigerators and gas cookers. They became something of a showpiece, even opening for tours. In contrast, Soyer also organised soup kitchens during the Great Famine in Ireland and volunteered his services in the Crimea in 1855 to improve military catering. He was also a prolific inventor of kitchen gadgets, notably promoting the Magic Stove, used for cooking food at the table. This work, first published in 1846, is an illustrated culinary textbook - complete with plans for different types of kitchen and nearly 2,000 recipes - written primarily for grander households with a large kitchen staff, but not neglecting those with more modest budgets. Also reissued in this series are Soyer's Modern Housewife or Ménagère (1849) and his Culinary Campaign (1857).

Release date Australia

June 27th, 2013

Author

Alexis Soyer

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

11 Plates, black and white; 20 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

800

Series

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

Dimensions

140x216x45

ISBN-13

9781108063340

Product ID

21235940

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