A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes, Paperback/Charles Elm Francatelli

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Charles Elm Francatelli, although a chef to Queen Victoria herself, wrote this little book in 1852 to encourage the working classes to cook nourishing food for themselves using cheap but wholesome ingredients. As well as the many recipes, it also contains sections on food for invalids, medicinal concoctions and the preparation of nourishing and economical soup for the poor. It is a great sourcebook for 'ordinary' nineteenth century recipes - and offers a fascinating window on the past - some ingredients that were then thought common are now considered delicacies, other common foodstuffs of that time are now rarely eaten at all.

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Charles Elmé Francatelli

bucătar · 1805–1876

Charles Elmé Francatelli a fost un bucătar britanic, cunoscut pentru patru cărți de bucate populare în epoca victoriană, inclusiv The Modern Cook. S-a format în Paris sub Antonin Carême și a devenit unul dintre cei mai cunoscuți bucătari din Londra, succedându-l pe Louis Eustache Ude la Crockford's Club și urmându-l pe Alexis Soyer la Reform Club.