The Epicure's Almanack: Eating and Drinking in Regency London: The Original 1815 Guidebook - Couverture souple

Rylance, Ralph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0712357041 ISBN 13 : 9780712357043

Editeur : The British Library Publishing Division, 2013

Synopsis

A fully annotated edition of The Epicure's Almanack, or Guide to Good Living, a listing of more than 650 eating establishments, taverns, hotels, inns etc, in and around London, investigated and engagingly described by Ralph Rylance (1782 - 1834). Working single-handedly and on foot, Rylance visited eateries ranging from City chop houses to humble tripe shops, as well as London's first Indian restaurant, ancient coaching inns, suburban tea gardens and dockyard taverns. He ended his book with an account of London's markets, an inventory of merchants selling everything from anchovy sauce to kitchen ranges, and an 'alimentary calendar'. Published in 1815, it was not updated or reprinted (and is consequently a very rare book). Indeed it was never really emulated until 1968, when the Good Food Guide to London was first issued.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Janet Ing Freeman is an Honorary Visiting Professor at University College London. Her previous books include (jointly with Arthur Freeman) John Payne Collier: Scholarship and Forgery in the Nineteenth Century (Yale UP, 2004).

Revue de presse :

London's first good food guide, appearing at a time when the word 'restaurant' had not entered common use. --The Times

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The British Library Publishing Division
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0712357041
• ISBN 13: 9780712357043
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384