In 1837, when Alexis Soyer was just twenty-five years old, he became head chef at the exclusive Reform Club in London on the condition that he be allowed to participate in the design of the kitchen. The result was a showplace filled with Soyer's clever inventions, such as the drainer and the multi-egg poacher, and it became the most talked about kitchen in all of Europe. Soyer quickly established himself as a star, but for all his flamboyance he was practical and large-hearted, cooking for the starving populace as well as the aristocracy, opening soup kitchens during the Irish potato famine, and teaching the army how to feed itself in the Crimean War. Filled with biographical detail and lively illustrations, The Adventurous Chef tells the story of a remarkable man who was determined to revolutionize the culinary world and who remains one of the greatest cooks of the nineteenth century.

The Adventurous Chef: Alexis Soyer

Children's Books

Arnold, Ann

Biographies

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

On June 4, 1741, Georg Wilhelm Steller set sail from Avacha Bay in Siberia on the St. Peter, under the command of Vitus Bering. The crew was bound for America on the last leg of an expedition whose mission was to explore, describe, and map Russia’s vast lands from the Ural Mountains across Siberia to the Kamchatka Peninsula, and possibly lay claim to the northwest coast of America – if they could find it, for no European had ever reached America by this route. Officially, Steller was the ship’s mineralogist, but in practice he was its doctor, minister, and naturalist as well. Appointed to the expedition in 1737 by the Academy of Science in St. Petersburg, he was sworn to secrecy concerning any discoveries. Making judicious use of Steller’s richly detailed journals and liberal use of illustrations and maps, Ann Arnold allows the reader to join Steller on this fascinating voyage and its final dangerous mission, which left half the crew dead and the rest suffering from scurvy.

Sea Cows, Shamans, and Scurvy: Alaska's First Naturalist: Georg Wilhelm Steller

A collection of National Public Radio commentator Jennifer Davidson's short, often humorous essays on, amongst other things, the joys and tribulations of crossing cultures, meeting Mr T., a friend with AIDS, and the perils of first-time skiing.

Stop Smelling My Rose!

Humor & Entertainment

Davidson, Jennifer

Humor

Redgrove Press

A gripping account of rampant crime in Fort Worth, Texas during the 1930s, through the 1950's, with hoodlums, gamblers, murderers, dopers, pimps and lawmen on the take.

Gamblers & Gangsters: Fort Worth's Jacksboro Highway in the 1940s & 1950s

History

Americas

Eakin Press

History of the Fort Worth Legal Community

Eakin Pr

History of Fort Worth Legal Community

Legal History

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Arnold, Ann. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Arnold, Ann