{"product_id":"memoirs-of-alexis-soyer-with-unpublished-receipts-and-odds-and-ends-of-gastronomy-paperback-9781108063319","title":"Memoirs of Alexis Soyer; With Unpublished Receipts and Odds and Ends of Gastronomy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108063319","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMemoirs of Alexis Soyer\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith Unpublished Receipts and Odds and Ends of Gastronomy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn 1859 anecdotal biography, including recipes, of Alexis Soyer (1810–58), arguably the greatest chef of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlexis Soyer (Author), F. Volant (Edited by), J. R. Warren (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108063319, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 August 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePerhaps 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. He was also a prolific inventor of kitchen gadgets, notably promoting the Magic Stove, used for cooking food at the table. Several of his highly popular cookery books have been reissued in this series. Following his death, his secretaries François Volant and James Warren published this anecdotal and admiring biography in 1859, together with recipes and other cookery writings.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. His early life\u003cbr\u003e 2. Soyer's arrival in England\u003cbr\u003e 3. Madame Soyer's biography\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Reform Club\u003cbr\u003e 5. Death of Madame Soyer\u003cbr\u003e 6. Soyer a widower\u003cbr\u003e 7. M. Soyer resumes his post at the Reform Club\u003cbr\u003e 8. Soyer's peculiarities\u003cbr\u003e 9. Soyer in his zenith\u003cbr\u003e 10. Bouquet of game\u003cbr\u003e 11. Soyer's departure for Ireland\u003cbr\u003e 12. His first sauce\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Modern Housewife\u003cbr\u003e 14. Farewell to the Reform Club\u003cbr\u003e 15. Soyer's return to London\u003cbr\u003e 16. Soyer's symposium\u003cbr\u003e 17. More discoveries\u003cbr\u003e 18. The last stage\u003cbr\u003e Addenda.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913096028440,"sku":"9781108063319","price":31.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108063319i.jpg?v=1696748483","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/memoirs-of-alexis-soyer-with-unpublished-receipts-and-odds-and-ends-of-gastronomy-paperback-9781108063319","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}