The Epicure*s Almanack: Eating and Drinking in Regency London (The Original 1815 Guidebook)

Rylance, Ralph

ISBN 10: 0712358617 / ISBN 13: 9780712358613

Edité par British Library, 2012

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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.

À propos 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).

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Epicure*s Almanack: Eating and Drinking ...
Éditeur : British Library
Date d'édition : 2012
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Like New
Type de livre : book