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Synopsis
Alexis Soyer probably saved as many soldier's lives in the Crimean War as Florence Nightingale did. Her achievement was in the wards, his in the kitchins; and it is because of his inventive zeal that the British Army eats as well as it does today. The Soyer stove was still in use by the army during World War II, and a modified version was used in the Gulf War. Soyer's conern for the poor in London and in Ireland made him the Bob Geldof of his day. A contemporary newspaper, "The Globe", had called him "the man of his age" as early as 1841. Ideas and inventions flowed from him, and he didn't bother to patent any of them. This book also includes a selection of recipes from his best-selling books.
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