Soyer's Culinary Campaign by Alexis Soyer - 9781108063302

Soyer's Culinary CampaignBeing Historical Reminiscences of the Late War\nAuthor(s): Alexis Soyer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108063302, 978-1108063302\nSynopsis\nPerhaps the first celebrity chef, Alexis Soyer [tel] 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 fie.