{"product_id":"soyers-culinary-campaign-being-historical-reminiscences-of-the-late-war-paperback-9781108063302","title":"Soyer's Culinary Campaign; Being Historical Reminiscences of the Late War (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108063302","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSoyer's Culinary Campaign\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBeing Historical Reminiscences of the Late War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Victorian celebrity chef's vivid 1857 account of feeding soldiers serving in the Crimean War using his portable field kitchen.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlexis Soyer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108063302, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 June 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e630 pages, 16 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.5 cm, 0.79 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. 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).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. By rail and coach to Virginia Water\u003cbr\u003e 2. A summons to Stafford House\u003cbr\u003e 3. Off to the war\u003cbr\u003e 4. Delights of travel\u003cbr\u003e 5. Comfort on shore and penance at sea\u003cbr\u003e 6. The land of the Moslem\u003cbr\u003e 7. A bird's-eye view of Constantinople from Pera\u003cbr\u003e 8. First view of the scene of action\u003cbr\u003e 9. Commencement of the culinary campaign\u003cbr\u003e 10. A tour round the kitchens\u003cbr\u003e 11. First operations\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Scutari mission accomplished\u003cbr\u003e 13. Departure for the Crimea\u003cbr\u003e 14. Commencement of my campaign in the Crimea\u003cbr\u003e 15. The English and Turkish commanders-in-chief\u003cbr\u003e 16. A new enemy\u003cbr\u003e 17. Reception at English and French head-quarters\u003cbr\u003e 18. A universal calamity\u003cbr\u003e 19. Haps and mishaps in camp\u003cbr\u003e 20. Expeditions on horse and on foot\u003cbr\u003e 21. Matters grave and gay\u003cbr\u003e 22. Preparations for another trip\u003cbr\u003e 23. Our steam voyage in the London\u003cbr\u003e 24. Three weeks at Scutari\u003cbr\u003e 25. Festivities at Scutari and visits to French hospitals\u003cbr\u003e 26. My second trip to the Crimea\u003cbr\u003e 27. Camp life at head-quarters\u003cbr\u003e 28. My great field-day\u003cbr\u003e 29. The eighth of September\u003cbr\u003e 30. Fall of the doomed city\u003cbr\u003e 31. Illness and change of scene\u003cbr\u003e 32. Camp of the Fourth Division\u003cbr\u003e 33. Hostilities at table\u003cbr\u003e 34. Crimean festivities\u003cbr\u003e 35. Last days of British occupation of the Crimea\u003cbr\u003e 36. Last scene of our strange and eventful history\u003cbr\u003e Addenda\u003cbr\u003e Index.\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":46266144194840,"sku":"9781108063302","price":45.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108063302i_1853d294-d8d8-4086-bd31-f4e9286b3d5f.jpg?v=1696748481","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/soyers-culinary-campaign-being-historical-reminiscences-of-the-late-war-paperback-9781108063302","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}