Cooking Up History: Chefs of the Past - Softcover

Kay, Emma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1909248533 ISBN 13: 9781909248533

Verlag: Prospect Books, 2017

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Reseña del editor

This book is an account of history’s most forgotten cooks, from chefs Louis Eustache Ude, Charles Francatelli and Alexis Soyer, to American cooks. It includes Hercules, George Washington’s black enslaved American chef, George Speck, credited with the invention of the potato chip, Fannie Merritt Farmer of the Boston Cooking-School Cookbook fame, Charles Ranhofer of Delmonico’s, New York, and Amelia Simmons whose American Cookery is the first cookbook on American culture in the kitchen, including the first koekje’ or cookie’ recipe.

Emma Kayis the author of two previous books, Dining with the Georgians (2014) and Dining with the Victorians(2015).

Biografía del autor

Historian and heritage expert Emma Kay has worked as a museum professional for twenty years, for institutions including the National Maritime Museum, the British Museum, and the University of Bath. Educated to PhD level, she has been an avid collector of kitchenalia for many years, and runs the website www.museumofkitchenalia.com.
She is the author of three books, Dining with the Georgians, (endorsed by Anthony Worral Thompson and Simon Jenkins, executive pastry chef at the Marcus Wareing restaurants), Dining with the Victorians and the upcoming Vintage Kitchenalia, all with Amberley Publishing.

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• Verlag: Prospect Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1909248533
• ISBN 13: 9781909248533
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256