CAREME: THE FIRST CELEBRITY CHEF (PB)

Recounting the fairy-tale rise of Antonin Careme from Parisian orphan to household name synonymous with culinary luxury, this is a blend of historical biography, social history and cookery guide. It depicts Careme's entanglements with the elites of his age, from King George IV to Napoleon, the Romanovs to the Rothschilds, during one of the most momentous periods in European history: First Empire Paris, Georgian England and the Russia of War and Peace. Alongside the story of the trail-blazing chef, culinary artist and revolutionary food writer, the book explores the recipes themselves.