Memoirs of Alexis Soyer : with unpublished receipts and odds and ends of gastronomy / compiled and edited by F. Volant & J.R. Warren.

  • Soyer, Alexis, 1809-1858.
Date:
1859
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Memoirs of Alexis Soyer : with unpublished receipts and odds and ends of gastronomy / compiled and edited by F. Volant & J.R. Warren. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    CHAPTER VIII. soyee’s peculiaeities. Hi3 Love of a Bon Mot—His Naturally Comic Vein—His Ad- vancement of the Culinary Art to a Science—Crowds of the Aristocracy and Nobility visit his Kitchen—His Manu- facture of Extraordinary Concoctions in their Presence— His Odd Card, Hat, Boots, etc.—His Mysterious Cabinet Unlocked—A Box at the Opera—Supper at the Hotel Provence—His Song, “ Vive le Militaire”—His House of Call—His Eoul (Fowl) Joke, and its Results—A Roll in the Snow—Behind the Scenes—His Notions on Transformations —His Way of Entering a Theatre—His Horror of Gambling -—His System of Living—What a Bachelor’s Dinner should he—A Nucleus of his Inventions—Soyer Surprised at last—Eating One of his own Receipts—Soyer's Kitchen at Home ...... 68—86 CHAPTER IX. SOYEE IN HIS ZENITH. Grand Banquet to Ibraham Pacha—Too many Cooks spoil the Broth—Soyer once more Descends to the Kitchen—A Success at last—A Magnificent Bill of Fare—The Fall of China—High Eulogium from the late Lord Panmure— Soyer’s Tendon Separator—Extravagance Extraordinary— Tho Sampayo Banquet—The Bill of Fare—Soyer’s Own Remarks on the Dinner .... 87—95 CHAPTER X. bovquet of game. Presents a Bouquet to Louis Philippe—The King’s Letter and Present—Contents of Bouquet—Bunch’s Comments, 96—99