The Gastronomic Regenerator
Alexis Soyer
Broschiertes Buch

The Gastronomic Regenerator

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

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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 t...