Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2013-04-15 Public domain in the USA. 323 Soyer, Alexis 1809 1858 Soyer, A. (Alexis) Soyer's Culinary Campaign: Being Historical Reminiscences of the Late War. With The Plain Art of Cookery for Military and Civil Institutions Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "Soyer's Culinary Campaign: Being Historical Reminiscences of the Late War" by Alexis Soyer is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book documents Soyer's experiences as a chef who took on the challenge of improving army food during the Crimean War, focusing on his time in military hospitals and kitchens. At the start of the narrative, Soyer recounts a rather amusing but tedious evening that began with a supper invitation at a restaurant. In a chance encounter with friends, he expressed reluctance to join them but ended up participating, leading to an epiphany from an article about the poor quality of food in military hospitals. Inspired, he wrote a letter to the Times offering his services to enhance the cooking standards for soldiers, marking the beginning of his culinary mission in the East. This opening sets a light-hearted yet meaningful tone, illustrating Soyer's character and paving the way for significant engagements that would define his role during a critical time in history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42544/42544-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 66.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Crimean War, 1853-1856 Cooking for military personnel DK UC Text Category: Biographies Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare Category: Cooking & Drinking 1420276 2025-08-17T08:17:17.603417 text/html 1408539 2024-10-23T15:11:14 text/html 5194876 2025-08-17T08:17:36.286281 application/epub+zip 5203651 2025-08-17T08:17:20.016452 application/epub+zip 613315 2025-08-17T08:17:18.802403 application/epub+zip 5590275 2025-08-17T08:17:48.672284 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5494193 2025-08-17T08:17:34.002278 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 940470 2022-09-19T12:25:55.608825 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1302703 2025-08-17T08:17:14.776418 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1302469 2013-04-15T10:15:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17296 2025-08-17T08:17:48.914214 application/rdf+xml 17026 2025-08-17T08:17:18.951372 image/jpeg 2300 2025-08-17T08:17:18.877393 image/jpeg 5052822 2025-08-17T08:17:17.824367 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia