A Culinary Campaign Revised Edition Contributor(s): Soyer, Alexis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1870962117 ISBN-13: 9781870962117 Publisher: Equinox Publishing OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1995 Annotation: Soyer's brilliant memoir, published in 1856 and never since reprinted. A vivid account of the Crimean War and of Soyer's inventions and recipes for feeding armies in the field. He was as important in the Crimea as Florence Nightingale, for his influence on the reform of army feeding enabled wounded soldiers to survive. A modified version of the Soyer stove was still in use in the Gulf War. Introductions by Elizabeth Ray and military historian Michael Barthorp. |
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BISAC Categories: - Cooking | History |
Dewey: 641.570 |
Series: Southover Press Historic Cookery & Housekeeping |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.82" W x 8.67" (0.76 lbs) 356 pages |