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The Epicure's Almanack

Eating and Drinking in Regency London: The Original 1815 Guidebook

By (author) Ralph Rylance
Edited by Janet Ing Freeman
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: British Library Publishing, London, United Kingdom
Imprint: The British Library Publishing Division
Published: 19th Sep 2013
Dimensions: w 155mm h 220mm
ISBN-10: 0712357041
ISBN-13: 9780712357043
Barcode No: 9780712357043
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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.

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