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SOYER'S SHILLING COOKERY BOOK FOR THE PEOPLE
An entirely new system of Plain Cookery and Domestic Economy By Alexis Soyer
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| When he wrote this book, Alexis Soyer was the most famous chef of his time. Born in France in 1809, he left Paris in 1830 and was in service with the Duke of Cambridge. From 1837 to 1850 he was chef at the Reform Club. During the famine in Ireland in 1847, he took a portable kitchen to Dublin and fed thousands every day. In 1855 he went to the Crimea to endeavour to improve hospital food and introduce his field kitchen. He died in 1858. |
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