This is the front cover of the book. About Soyer's Shilling
Cookery for the People Alexis Soyer (1809-58) made his
reputation as chef at London's prestigious Reform Club. Soyer
loved to perform, and many regard him as Britain's first
celebrity chef. He was a brilliant self-promotor. He marketed a
range of his own products: kitchen equipment, recipe books,
sauces and relishes. He opened his own art gallery. And he even
conducted tours of the Reform Club's state-of-the-art industrial
kitchens. On the day of Queen Victoria's coronation he prepared
a breakfast at the Reform Club for over 2000 people. But Soyer
was equally concerned to improve the standard of cooking amongst
the poor. A Shilling Cookery for the People is full of practical
advice, based on the assumption that many readers could not
afford to follow complicated recipes, or purchase elaborate
kitchen utensils. The book is typical of Soyer's desire to
democratise the rules of cookery - bringing to the masses
techniques that in France were part of an e