Cooking Up History: Chefs of the Past

by Emma Kay

A biographical, historical account of history's most notorious and celebrated chefs, including Charles Francatelli, Eustache Ude, Eliza Acton, Agnes Marshall. 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909248533
• ISBN13: 9781909248533
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Prospect Books (UK)
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"