The Adventurous Chef: Alexis Soyer

by Ann Arnold and Ann Arnold

Book Overview

In 1837, when Alexis Soyer was just twenty-five years old, he became head chef at the exclusive Reform Club in London on the condition that he be allowed to participate in the design of the kitchen.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374316651
• ISBN13: 9780374316655
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 11.5"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A Classic in the Making...

My son and I loved this book. For people who want something more thanthe bland products of children's book publishing in the CorporateAge---*this is it*. It's a leap into history (London of themid-nineteenth century, the Crimean War, the Irish potatofamine---even a glimpse of Florence Nightingale...) through one of thegreat kitchens of all time: that of the Reform Club in London. There'sa sumptuous two-page spread of this amazing kitchen, which was full ofSoyer's ideas and inventions, and was something of a tourist attractionin its time. The illustrations are irresistible in beautifullydetailed and luminous watercolors. And the landscapes---scenes ofLondon, of Balaclava harbor---and period costumes are just asgorgeously depicted as the spectacular feasts and banquets! A *musthave* for anyone who loves children's picture books...