Red Classics Great Food the Chef At War
by Alexis Soyer
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Red Classics Great Food the Chef At War by Alexis Soyer
Details
War:
World War II
Perspective:
Civilian
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
Europe
Published Date:
2011
ISBN13:
9780241950913
Description
The flamboyant Frenchman Alexis Soyer was the most renowned chef in Victorian England. This is his colourful account of his time at the front in the Crimean War, where he joined British troops in order to improve the quality of the food they were eating. Divulging the secrets of preparing stew for 1000 soldiers, sharing sweetmeats with a Turkish Pacha, and teaching a Highland regiment to cook with his pioneering gas-fuelled 'field stove' that would be used by armies up until the Second World War, Soyer gives a vividly enjoyable lesson in making a little go a long way.
